Ballarat–Skipton Rail Trail
Australia · Oceania
About Ballarat–Skipton Rail Trail
The Ballarat to Skipton Rail Trail is in the Goldfields area, in Victoria, Australia
Ballarat–Skipton Rail Trail travel guide
Understand
A 46km route for cycling or horseriding from Ballarat to Skipton. A shuttle bus occasionally operates the return route, sponsored by Bicycle Victoria. [1]. Bicycle hire is available in Ballarat. The trail has route markers every kilometre, to the next town and to the end of the trail. The surface is packed gravel, a road bike is probably unsuitable, but an urban or hybrid bike will be fine. There are shelters provided at regular intervals.
Getting there
If you wanted to get through the entire route then it's best to start at either Ballarat or Skipton, although there are numerous points along the way to get in if you wanted to do a shorter route.
Overview adapted from Wikipedia, travel guide fromWikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.