This week our little band of merry bushwalkers walked a country mile, then another one and another one and another one until we covered almost 10 country miles, or 15 kilometres to be exact. Our plan was to follow the Wanora to Fernvale section of the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail, which was fine once we found it. The Wanora start was difficult to discover. After driving a few country miles we stumbled upon the track where it crossed a road at Fairney View, about midway along our planned route. And so a new plan evolved. We decided to start with morning tea here, walk to Wanora and back, then do the Fernvale section. The Brisbane Valley Rail Trail follows the disused Brisbane Valley rail line that commenced construction at Wulkaraka near Ipswich in 1884 and was completed at Yarraman in 1913. The line closed in 1989 and the trail is now open to walkers, cyclists and horse riders, but on this fine sunny weekday, we had it to ourselves. Well, mostly to ourselves. We did meet up with a few fellow earth dwellers on the way - a bull, some cattle, goats, chooks, a cute puppy who seemed determined to adopt us, and many many many kangaroos. |
We eventually made it to Wanora, our original intended starting point. The track wound past some houses with farm animals roaming the properties. The country side was very brown and dry, but still beautiful with its wide open spaces and odd surprising bits of colour to prove that even in the driest of months some things can bloom. By the time we got to Fernvale we were well and truly ready for the local bakery's famous pies for lunch. The service was a little surly, but that didn't spoil our appetites. After lunch and a toilet stop we hit the track back to the car. We did the last four kilometres late enough in the day to meet scores of kangaroos out grazing. As ever, we completed our weekly walk grateful to have been able to explore more of our diverse country on another wonderful day. High on our list of future walks is the next section of this rail trail from Fernvale to Lowood, perhaps after some rain so we can see it frocked in green. In case you missed my flipagram, here's a quick sum up in pics and music. Thanks for visiting.
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Margot
8/8/2014 06:26:19 am
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