Gippsland Plains Rail Trail

A 63km rail trail along the old Gippsland Plains (Maffra) railway line, between Traralgon and Stratford in Central Gippsland. The line opened in 1883 as an alternative route to East Gippsland and carried sugar beet from Maffra and timber from Heyfield; it closed in stages in 1986 and 1994. The trail is essentially flat, with a smooth dirt or gravel surface, and is graded easy.

Traralgon to Glengarry (about 10km) crosses the Latrobe River floodplain and four restored bridges; then Glengarry to Toongabbie (9km), Toongabbie to Cowwarr (9km), Cowwarr to Heyfield (11km, via Dawson), Heyfield to Tinamba (10km), Tinamba to Maffra (8km) and Maffra to Stratford (10km). The surface is best between Stratford and Maffra and can be soft when wet in places. The western end is about 4km from Traralgon station, and the eastern end about 550m from Stratford station. Measured track length is 62.7km.