Great Victorian Rail Trail

Mansfield - Alexandra - Yea - Tallarook

Opened earlier this year this trail adds to the growing number of excellent trails in Victoria. It's difficult to understand why New South Wales has not followed the same development plan, it is easy to see when you ride there how the towns and villages along the Victorian trails are benefiting from the thousands of bike tourists using the trails every year.

We used Alexandra as our base, this meant doing a shuttle with our cars each morning but saved doing each leg out and back.

The official guide book says the grade is mostly flat but undulating would be a more accurate description. There are toilets at regular intervals and quite a few pubs, cafes and restaurants along the route. Spring and Autumn would be a good time to ride, we did it early November and had one day at 37C and the other a more comfortable 28C.

Distances are,

• Tallarook - Yea 38kms.
• Yea - Alexandra 34kms.
• Yea - Mansfield 83kms.
• Alexandra - Mansfield 75kms.
• Tallarook - Mansfield 121kms.

 Mansfield to Merton section.

Alexandra to Tallarook section.

We stayed at the Alexandra Tourist Park, this is a well run park with a beautiful camping area set at the back of the park. It's only a five minute walk into the town centre.