The Camperdown-Timboon Rail Trail is a

rail trail A rail trail or railway walk is a shared-use path on a Right of way#Rail right of way, railway right of way. Rail trails are typically constructed after a railway has been abandoned and the track has been removed but may also share the rail corr ...

running along the former route of the

Timboon railway line The Timboon railway line is a closed railway line, in Victoria, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continen ...

, from Camperdown to Timboon in

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's southwest. The 22 km section from Camperdown to Timboon was completed in 2009, with the section from Camperdown to Naroghid on-road, and the remainder following the roadbed of the former railway. The trestle bridge over the

Curdies River The Curdies River is a perennial river of the Corangamite catchment, located in the Otways region of the Australian state of Victoria. Location and features Curdies River rises below the settlement of Tandarook in southwest Victoria, east of ...

was restored and reopened for use in 2010.Camperdown-Timboon Rail Trail at railtrails.org.au
/ref> The route is also referred to as the Crater to Coast Rail Trail, in reference to an eventual extension to

Port Campbell Port Campbell () is a town in Victoria, Australia. The town is on the Great Ocean Road, west of the Twelve Apostles, in the Shire of Corangamite. At the , Port Campbell had a population of 478. History The port and the town are named after ...

via a new roadside path. The trail's southern terminus is the former Timboon railway station, now home to the

Timboon Railway Shed Distillery The Timboon Railway Shed Distillery is a producer of single malt Australian whisky and liqueurs in Timboon, Victoria, Australia. The distillery takes its name from its location in the goods shed at the terminus of the former Timboon railway ...

External links

*http://www.railtrails.org.au/component/railtrails/?view=trail&id=161&Itemid=66
Bicycle Victoria: Coast to Crater Rail Trail Updates
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References

Rail trails in Victoria (state) Camperdown, Victoria {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub