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Members of the South Burnett Mountain Bike Club in forestry near Nanango; the Nanango Tourism and Development Association want to use a stock route to connect Yarraman to Nanango, extending the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail a further 20km into the South Burnett (Photo: SBMTBC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

February 20, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Nanango Tourism and Development Association want to connect Nanango to the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail (BVRT).<\/p>\n

At the group’s most recent meeting last Thursday night, NaTDA president Barry Green told members when the Brisbane Valley railway was operating, cattlemen used a stock route to move cattle from Nanango to Yarraman so they could be railed to Brisbane.<\/p>\n

Now the railway no longer existed, the stock route had fallen into disuse.<\/p>\n

“While Nanango and Yarraman were never actually connected by rail, this trail was an important part of the transport network that was used for many decades,” Barry said.<\/p>\n

“It follows the proposed rail link between Yarraman and Nanango that was never built.<\/p>\n

“Because of its railway connection I think it would be legitimate to add this stock route to the BVRT, and that would make the rail trail 182km long.” <\/p>\n

Barry said he had canvassed the idea with Brisbane Valley Heritage Trails, who in turn had talked with the State Government authority responsible for stock routes.<\/p>\n

They were told stock routes are gazetted roads open to the public, so the idea was viable.<\/p>\n

Brisbane Valley Heritage Trails want to erect three signs on the stock route to guide travellers along the rail trail extension. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Two signs – one pointing to Nanango, one to Yarraman – would be directional, and the third would be an interpretive sign explaining the history of the stock route.<\/p>\n

The group are now seeking a grant to fund the signs.<\/p>\n

Last year the BVRT Users Association developed a cycling route from Yarraman to Kingaroy using forestry tracks and rural roads in an effort to encourage visitors to ride both the BVRT and South Burnett Rail Trail.<\/p>\n

Barry said he was grateful to that group for doing this, but the route was potentially dangerous because it used public roads and was probably unsuitable for horse riders.<\/p>\n

“The stock route is much safer, particularly for horse riders, and very little work would need to be done to bring it up to BVRT standards,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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