This trail is partially open - it is still being developed.
Will be 19km long when complete.
This is old goldmining and cropping country, with a signifcant feature being the Waranga Basin.
8 kilometres from Murchison to Channel Inlet Road opened in March 2015.
2 kilometres at Rushworth open.
At Rushworth landscaping has been done and an ashphalt trail laid from the main street to the end of the yard.
It is a great reminder of how a Victorian country branchline station looked, now that nearly all of them have disappeared. At either end of the sealed trail the surface is gravel to the town's limits.
Murchison to Rushworth in Northern Victoria
Northern Victoria
Fine gravel
Flat
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Grade 2 (Easy) -Â
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7 Reviews on “Murchison to Rushworth Rail Trail Walk (10km)”
Sharon Gallagher Jo Edwards. Lets do this trail with our bikes
Caroline Weatherhead , Jo Edwards, Sharon Gallagher. We should do this on our bikes. ??