Friday, December 28, 2018

South Burnett Rail Trail


28 December 2018

This morning we headed north to Murgon on the South Burnett Rail Trail.  This trail is fully bitumised, and being an old railway line has gentle gradients, with a few small steeper parts of descent in and out of creeks where there are no longer railway bridges. This section of the rail trail crosses a few roads but is largely very peaceful country.  It made me think of a bushwalk or trail run but with a smooth bitumen base beneath my feet. After a brief look around Murgon we then headed back to Wondai.  Being December, this was a hot walk by the time we got back in the early afternoon. 






After a delightful and well-earned shower, we decided to have a look at some of the rest of the trail from the comfort of our air-conditioned vehicle (the remainder of the trail running more or less parallel to the highway).  We headed south through Tingoora to Wooroolin Wetlands.  This is a large wetland area which developed following a small earthquake and as such has the skeletons of drowned trees in it.  Due to the prolonged drought the bird hide is now some distance from the water, however it is still quite pretty.  
We then headed back to Wondai to the public swimming pool for a relax and cool down.http://www.southburnett.qld.gov.au/aquatic-centres

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