Bellarine Rail Trail
Sunday, March 7th, 2004, Australia, Travels, whanau, life
The demise of rail has its spin-offs: some of the tracks and service roads are being converted into tracks for cyclists. The Bellerine Rail Trail runs 32km from South Geelong to Queenscliff. Part of the route is along a disused section of the track, and from Drysdale, it follows beside a track serviced by a heritage steam train on Sundays and public holidays.
The distance seemed to flash by – after a couple of hours cycling the trail ended suddenly at the Queenscliff ferry terminal. It had been a pretty quiet ride through the countryside so the commotion at the terminal came as a bit of a surprise. Queenscliff is no stranger to crowds: its has been a tourist town for more than a century. Grand Edwardian hotels proudly bear down over the streets, and the number of cafes and bars far surpassed what I imagine the locals could frequent.
I didn’t stick around as I wanted to bike a bit further. The route to Bawron Heads took me along a busy road and through Ocean Grove’s suburb like seaside township. A few people were swimming in the river, but I was happy to watch from the bank, finally reading the 2kg worth of Saturday’s Age that I had been carting around.
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