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Description
Travelling from the south, turn off the F6 Hume Freeway at the Mittagong sign. This will exit you onto the old Hume Highway at Welby. Directly opposite this intersection proceed along a dirt road. After 100 meters bear left at a small roadway entrance marked Box Vale Walking Track or similar. You will now enter a well defined car parking area at the trail head and be in what is known as the Mt Alexander Reserve.
In June 2011 there was no toilet or water provided at this trail head. The Trail commences downhill at a location interprative sign. Take your own water on this journey.
Located in State Forest, the Box Vale track was a narrow gauge tramway created to service a coal mine in Box Vale Creek. The tramway and its bridges are long gone but the cuttings, embankments and an 84m-long tunnel remain. The trail is located in the scenic Nattai River Valley and features cuttings,a tunnel, passes an old dam.
Much of these original railway formations have been overrun by Mother Nature but it remains an easy 4.5km one-way walk or cycle (beware: mountain bikes for experienced users only). The track was constructed for and is best suited for walking. At the end of the track are some picnic tables and a superb lookout over the Nattai River. Return is via the same path. Suitable all seasons but best in spring.
The line, of standard gauge, was built in 1888 to carry coal mined in Nattai Gorge the seven klms to the main southern Line at Mittagong. The line passes through several cuttings and a tunnel 84 metres in length. It ends at the "incline", by which coal was brought up from the gorge. The Colliery probably had its heyday in 1888, when 100 tons of coal per week were shipped to Melbourne during a coal strike. The Colliery was closed in 1896 and the tramway (railway) abandoned. The last part of the line was opened as a walking track in 1996. Design and finance were by Nowra Lands Office. The construction was done by wards of the State from Toombong School, the Mount Alexandra Committee and people employed under the Community Employment Programme.
More information can be found here: https://www.railtrails.org.au/component/railtrails/?view=trail&id=173&Itemid=66
Start & finish location: Box Vale Tramway Track car park, Box Vale Walking Track & Boxvale Rd, Woodlands
Access to start & finish location: Car parking at Box Vale Tramway Track
Distance: 9km
Total elevation: 256m
Elevation profile: Flat
Surface: Unsealed
Traffic: Light - on dirt road
Difficulty: Easy
Distance
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