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25/04/2024
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The annual Brisbane Valley Rail Trail Festival of Cycling offers a range of both challenging and family friendly gravel cycling at it’s best with a finish line village in Yarraman organised by the crew of Wild Horse Community Radio Station where there will be an opportunity for sponsors to have a stall. There will
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09/04/2024
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A mural consisting of 27 panels by local artist Susan McConnel telling the story of Fernvale back in the days of steam trains has been installed on the wall at the rear of the Fernvale Visitor Centre, facing onto the rail trail. The project was commissioned and funded by the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail Users …
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08/08/2023
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Organising an event is a bit like conducting an orchestra. All the elements must be in the right place at the right time. Everyone needs to know their role. And then you need the planets to align. They certainly aligned for the sixth annual BVRT E2Ex2/BVRT 150 Challenge Bike Ride 2023. The challenge was to …
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28/06/2023
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A new record for the most number of people to complete the entire length of the BVRT in a single day was established during the BVRT E2E on Saturday 24 June 2023. A total 104 people completed the full 160 km of the cycling challenge course from south to north (uphill) in under 10 hours. …
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03/05/2023
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An article by Paul Heymans. Every now and then, about twice a month, I receive a direct message or an email offering detailed and well-meaning advice about how the BVRT should be improved. I’m grateful for the advice, really I am. Indeed, the debate often rages in our Facebook group between the “purists” as
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29/08/2022
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The BVRT End-to-End x2 (E2Ex2) is an annual 24 hour cycling challenge event on the BVRT. Starting at 7.00 pm on Friday night when most of sensible folk are sitting down to their dinner, 50 cyclists set off from Esk Station to ride to Wulkuraka in Ipswich, then turn around and ride back through Esk …
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10/06/2022
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10/06/2022 News update: The BVRT has reopened in it’s entirety following damage caused by the recent extreme wet weather events. However, please note that the trail has places where stretches of dry, hard surfaces meet mud and water without warning and some creek crossings can be a bit adventurous. You should
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01/01/2022
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‘Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.’ (John Muir). The moment my bicycle tyres hit the dirt surface of the BVRT, I can feel myself beginning to relax. It’s as if I passed through a doorway that leads to a better place. Every time someone ventures …
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05/12/2021
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We don’t normally associate the BVRT with emerald green – it’s more often a bit brown and dusty. An early start from Linville after the recent rains on Saturday was well rewarded. The air was cool, the trail was in tip top condition, and the country was just so green it was almost blinding. Terrific
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02/05/2021
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When we first started campaigning for the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail seven years ago, it was an act of faith. We realised that we had something special in our backyard, but little did we realise our campaigning could set off a chain reaction that would result in $20 million being spent on it by the …
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