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Length: 50km
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Duration: 2 days
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Grade: 3
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Style: One Way
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Start: Colac
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End: Beech Forest
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Location: Western Victoria
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Closest Town: Colac
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Distance from CBD: 152km
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State: VIC
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Latitude: -38.34321758
Longitude: 143.58661
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Old Beechy Rail Trail is a 50km, grade 3 One Way hike located in Western Victoria Victoria. The hike should take approximately 2 days to complete.
Summary
The Old Beechy Rail Trail winds through scenic pine forests and bushland, rich farmland and rolling hills as it travels from Colac up to Beech Forest.
It was originally a narrow gauge railway that played a key role in opening the western Otways to settlement.
Magnificent eucalypts and blackwoods provide homes for abundant bird life.
This trail features outstanding and innovative interpretative signs along the route.
When planning for this trail, you should note that the trail is almost continually down hill from Beech Forest to Gellibrand and it is best suited for hybrids and mountain bikes.
Barongarook – turn east on Barongarook Rd from the Colac-Lavers Hill Rd. Parking is available at the local hall.
Birnam – turn east on Cashins Rd from the Colac – Lavers Hill Rd and follow it 1km to the picnic ground (old Birnam staion). The trail is signposted here.
Notes
Colac to Beech Forest in Western Victoria
Otway Ranges, 152km south west of Melbourne
Compacted earth
Undulating with a couple of steep sections
For more information and a location map please visit RailTrails Australia.
6 thoughts on “Old Beechy Rail Trail (50km)”
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Fantastic.
Tania. 50K in a day, what do ya reckon?
Well I’ve done it before 😝 and it’s prob flat so yeah def in a day.
Tania Smith I’m sure you will smash it in a day
Tanya Marshall-Disher
I think a bit of it is closed between Gellibrand and Beech Forest, please correct if i am wrong. Nice trail to run, plenty of long hills