The Bellarine Rail Trail now makes a great start at South Geelong Railway Station courtesy of the Victorian state government’s Rural Rail Revival Program. Where previously the start of the trail featured an on-road section, two level crossings and the crossing of a major roundabout, there is now a straight run beside Carr St next to the freshly duplicated railway line. The infamous oval Fyans St roundabout is now just a slightly kinky road, with the Waurn Ponds Line running above on a 2000-tonne steel bridge and embankment featuring artwork by Wadawurrung traditional owner Kait James on more than 200 concrete panels.
The trail navigates the realigned Fyans St at a signalised crossing before heading southeast to Breakwater Rd and the older part of the very popular 35km trail to Queenscliff. Not known for doing things by halves, the Victorian state government has included secure “Parkiteer” cages for 25 bikes next to both platforms, a bike repair station and space for a takeaway food outlet. Regrettably the 500-space car park is designated for railway commuters but rarely full and there is considerable on-street parking nearby.
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Register for news updatesOn the 8th of November 2024 the Amy Gillett Bikeway Rail Trail celebrated a significant milestone with the completion of...
The duplication of the Main South Road involved some major earth works, including the reconstruction of the underpass be...
The O’Keefe Rail Trail takes a bit of a detour to reach Axedale, but that little loop has its compensations. The n...
Construction of the 11km western half of the Waranga (Murchison-Rushworth) Rail Trail is moving along nicely and it is a...
Riders and walkers on the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail are enjoying yet another new bridge over one of the difficult-to-tr...
Yarra’s gone electric, but this has nothing to do with Toyota. Ramping up it’s Ride Yarra Ranges projects wi...
Construction has started on an 80m “jetty-style” bridge across Dock One in Port Adelaide that will let visit...
A missing link in the Mornington Peninsula’s trail network will soon be plugged, allowing walkers and cyclists to tra...
The Bellarine Rail Trail now makes a great start at South Geelong Railway Station courtesy of the Victorian state govern...
In August, Rail Trails Australia regional representative for southern NSW, Dennis Puniard, presented at and was a co-fac...
Some great demonstrations of how rail trails are benefitting regional Australia have recently feature on national progra...
The 2024 Rail Trail Conference brought together 110 delegates (RTA’s biggest conference yet!) in Melbourne to lear...
The second Sunday in October saw perfect weather in Victoria’s north east as more than 50 bike riders gathered for...
You are looking longingly at one of Australia’s longer rail trails and dreaming of a multi-day ride with local meals a...
IT’S FREE so come along on Monday 18 November and join Camperdown-Timboon Rail Trail and Heytesbury District Landcare ...
In the Spring 2024 edition of Connections, Jeff Nolan, RTA Southeast Queensland Representative, explores the developme...
2 comments on “All Bound For Bellarine”
Who knows who is a commuter and who is not?
Hi Brian,
It seems unlikely that V/Line could enforce restrictions on car parking without some form of registration scheme for commuters' vehicles