Transplan's Trail Log

Transplan Pty Ltd has submitted the final report to the client (National Trust of Australia (WA) and the Shire of Roebourne). The report makes numerous recommendations for the upgrading of the (now) 25 year old walk trail including: the building of hundreds of rock steps to improve safety and useability of the trail network, the construction of rock water bars to control stormwater run-off, the installation of improved trail directional signage, seating, management access gates (to keep unauthorised users of the trail) and upgraded trailheads. Importantly, the report recommends the creation of 5 stand-alone trails using the existing tracks that already exist throughout the Karratha Hills. This will provide existing and potential users with a choice of trails, depending on their ability and availability of time. The 5 trails include the original end-to-end trail, 3 loop trails of varying lengths, and a short out-and-back trail. Upgrading of the existing interpretation along the trail network will be considered in a future project.

Transplan’s recently prepared trail upgrading plan for the Yaburara Heritage Trail in Karratha (one of nearly 170 heritage trails developed in 1988 for Australia’s bicentenary) has been presented to the Steering Committee in Karratha. The Steering Committee enthusisatically supported the plan and endorsed its recommendations.

During the recent audit of the Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail (a drive trail between Mundaring Weir and Kalgoorlie) Mike Maher developed the following 4 EveryTrail walk trail routes. Click on each link to view the route and a series of photos taken along each of the walk trails:

Totadgin Rock Walk Trail:
http://www.everytrail.com/edit_pictures.php?trip_id=1775300

Merredin Peak Walk Trail:
http://www.everytrail.com/edit_pictures.php?trip_id=1776432

Ghooli Pump Station Walk Trail:
http://www.everytrail.com/edit_pictures.php?trip_id=1776446

Karalee Rocks (long) Walk Trail
http://www.everytrail.com/edit_pictures.php?trip_id=1776493

Transplan Pty Ltd is working with the National Trust of Australia (WA) and the Shire of Roebourne to prepare a plan for the upgrading of the Yaburara Heritage Trail. This trail was one of over 150 heritage trails established way back in 1988 to commemorate Australia’s Bicentenary. The trail is now 24 years old and in need of redevelopment. The trail has been battered by cyclones and heavy rains, as well as by 4WD vehicles and trail bikes. The 3.5km point-to-point trail takes users past several notable indigenous sites including numerous petroglyphs, artefact scatterings, shell middens, aboriginal quarrying sites, a Thalu site as well as a number of stunning lookouts over Karratha, the Burrup Peninsula and Nickol Bay. The upgrading plan is to consider trail surface improvements, rock steps, improved trail directional markers, interpretation, shelters and seats, trailhead design and the development of loop trails.