Grampians Rail Trail leaders have shored up biosecurity for properties affected by the walking and cycling route thanks to support from Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water.
Friends of Grampians Rail Trail treasurer John Pye said the trail – 18 years in the making – was now complete but would have become a ‘stranded asset’ without support from GWMWater.
“Seeing value in the project to both the community and the environment, GWMWater assisted with licensing and a new boundary fence to separate the track from adjacent farming, providing biosecurity for the farmer and unimpeded access for cyclists and walkers,” he said.
Mr Pye initiated the project, funded by Power
cor, while teaching at Stawell Secondary College. From 2002 to 2010, more than 350 year-nine and VCAL, Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning, students constructed about 75 percent of the current trail, including four major bridges.