Castlemaine-Maryborough Rail Trail
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$120,000 boost for rail trail
Plans to develop the Castlemaine-Maryborough Rail Trail have moved a step closer with the state government committing $120,000 to assist with crucial planning for the project. Bendigo West MP Maree Edwards visited Joyces Creek on Friday to announce the funding for a feasibility study at the foot of the now disused 1940 Joyces Creek Railway…
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Joint bid to get rail trail rolling
Eve Lamb The Mount Alexander and Central Goldfields shires have joined forces, submitting a joint bid to secure $150,000 in state government funding for a feasibility study to develop the proposed Castlemaine-Maryborough Rail Trail. More than 35 keen cyclists and rail trail devotees descended on Castlemaine last week in support of the bid, which aims…