Reids Tramline

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This walk follows a historic tramline where horses and steam locomotives once hauled logs out of the forest. Along the walk you will come across parts of the old tramway and relics of an old timber mill before exiting the bush and walking west back into Powelltown. Follows old timber tramline by the creek, mild inclines

 

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LENGTH TIME TYPE GRADE
6kms 2.5 hours Return 2

 

Start: Reids Tramline Car Park
Finish: Reids Tramline Car Park
GPS Start: Lat: -37.8607 | Long: 145.74483
GPS Finish: Lat: -37.8607 | Long: 145.74483
Max Elevation: 376m
Melways:
Dogs Allowed: Yes

Flora: Mountain Ash, Silver Wattle, Mountain Pepper and Hazel Pomaderris

Fauna: Swamp Wallabies,Wombats, Platypus, Echidnas, Possums, Gliders, Superb Lyrebird, Kookaburras, Pied Currawongs, Crimson Rosellas

Facilities: Toilets (+accessible), picnic tables, BBQ at Powelltown Picnic Area. No facilities at the Reids Mill site