Great Southern Rail Trail

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The Great Southern Rail Trail is a Rail trail from Leongatha to Foster in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.[1] The trail is 49km long and travels through open farmland, before passing through the Hoddle range to Foster. As of 2008, there is a 3 kilometre section between Koonwarra and Meeniyan where trail users are diverted onto the nearby South Gippsland Highway. This section, containing three delapidated trestle bridges, will remain incomplete until at least 2009.

There is also discussion about extending the rail trail 43 km to Yarram.

The trail is well maintained with a surface of compacted gravel. Koalas and wallabies can often be seen from the trail particularly in the early mornings and evenings.

The original South Gippsland line opened in 1892, joining Dandenong to Port Albert, with a later extension to Woodside and branch lines to Strzelecki, Outtrim and Wonthaggi. The railway was important for settlement and development of the area, providing transport for forestry and dairy products to Melbourne. The line was closed to trains in 1992.

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  1. ^ Melbourne and Geelong's shared paths in Google Maps

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Rail Trails in Victoria
Melbourne
Belgrave Rail Trail, Bellarine Peninsula, Capital City Trail, Hawthorn to Kew, Lilydale to Warburton, Outer Circle Trail, Powelltown Tramway, Red Hill, Rosstown Railway Heritage Trail, Sandridge Railway Trail, Webb Dock Bridge
Gippsland
Bass Coast, East Gippsland, Great Southern, Tyers Valley Tramway, Warburton Trail, Gippsland Lakes Discovery Trail, Grand Ridge, Noojee Trestle Bridge, Walhalla Goldfields, Tyers Junction, Moondarra, Moe to Yallourn, Gippsland Plains
North Victoria
Goulburn River High Country, Murray to the Mountains, High Country, O'Keefe, Marysville Tram Lines, Mt Samaria Tramway, Plain Creek Tramway Trail
Western Victoria
Old Beechy, Crater to Coast, Great Divide, Domino Trail, Andersons Mill Tramway, Ballarat - Skipton,