On Monday, November 28, 2011 10:52 PM, "David Mann" <d...@multisport.net.nz> wrote: > Little River is the name of a small town on Banks Peninsula, about > halfway between Christchurch and Akaroa. > > There used to be a railway that ran from there to Christchurch city, but > its use was discontinued in 1962. Starting just a few years ago, the old > railway is being converted into a trail which can be walked or biked. > This has been done in a few other parts of the country as well the most > famous being the Central Otago Rail Trail which is about 150km long. > > We went over to Little River for the weekend and while Janet was busy > with a small conference on Saturday afternoon, I got on my bike and did > the rail trail as far as Motukarara. The trail does go further than this > but it departs from the original railway line at that point, and that's > as far as I'd planned to go. It will eventually reach the outer > Christchurch suburb of Hornby, where the railway used to end. > > http://www.multi.net.nz/rail-trail/
Looks like a great place to cycle or walk. Rail trails are quite popular in parts of Oz, usually following old narrow gauge rail routes. There are quite a few in Victoria but New South Wales is lacking. One near me in western Sydney is the Lapstone Zig Zag but it's mainly a walking trail. Here's a few shots I took a couple of years ago: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/LapstoneHill/index.html Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
