Transplan's Trail Log

Transplan Pty Ltd is again working in tandem with Mike Halliburton Associates (of Brisbane) to prepare a detailed trail development plan for the proposed Gundagai Rail Trail, a 4.6km pathway through the urban areas of Gundagai, north and south of the iconic railway viaduct across the Murrumbidgee River floodplain.

The trail development plan will provide the Cootamundra Gundagai Regional Council with a blueprint for the construction of the pathway, taking into consideration clearing, path surfacing, drainage, signage, road crossing treatments, privacy fencing/screening, trailhead development, fencing, bridge replacement and various safety issues.

Transplan has been awarded the contract to prepare a Trails Master Plan for the Shire of Gingin.

The Plan will focus on an existing trail in each of the three sub-regional areas within the Shire of Gingin (being the Lower Coastal Region; Upper Coastal Region; and Gingin and Rural). The overall aim is look at how the existing trails can be enhanced. Other existing trails will also be acknowledged in the Trails Master Plan.

The three existing trails are listed below:
1. Lower Coastal Region: Guilderton Boardwalk/Lookout (including trails along the Moore River and Silver Creek).
2. Upper Coastal Region: Hinchcliffe Lookout Lancelin (and connecting path system).
3. Gingin and Rural: Three Bridges Trail (also known as History Walk Trail).

Following on from the Canoe and Kayak Strategy prepared in 2015 flor the Gympie Regional Council, Mike Halliburton Associates and Transplan Pty Ltd have been engaged by the Council to prepare two detailed canoe/kayak trail development plans: the Attie Sullivan Park to Gympie Weir Trail (on the Mary River) and a short out-and-back trail on Kandanga Creek (in Kandanga).

The work involves paddling each of the short sections of river to determine locations for possible interpretation, preparing plans for trailheads and launch sites and a report detailing other requirements to put the canoe/kayak trails in place.

Transplan is working with Mike Halliburton Associates to design facilities for the proposed rail trail between Kilkivan and Goomeri (and the Council border). The trail is a part of the much longer Kilkivan to Kingaroy Rail Trail which spans the local government areas of the Gympie Regional Council and the South Burnett Regional Council. The Queensland Government has provided a grant of $2,000,000 for the Councils to develop the rail trail.

The rail trail development plan being prepared for the Gympie Regional Council will focus on watercourse crossings (as most of the railway bridges have been dismantled), road crossings and trailheads (at Kilkivan and Goomeri).

Consultations have been occurring with adjoining landowners to ensure that their needs will be taken into account when the rail trail is constructed later this year.