This little gem of a railside trail follows part of the Warragul to Noojee Line that featured the tallest trestle bridges in the Southern Hemisphere. The surviving Noojee Trestle was not the tallest but work is underway to extend this trail to the Noojee one listed separately on this website.

After Crossover, the shared path deviates widely from the railway corridor for most of its length, so the gradients are not as kind as on a rail trail.

The main sections of the trail are:

• Bravington to Crossover (5km): A bushwalkers’ paradise centred on the Rokeby Flora and Fauna Reserve and Crossover Regional Park, with a short footpath section between the two
• Crossover to Neerim (12km): The trail climbs out of a blocked cutting for the second time, and becomes a railside trail close to the highway with views over beautiful farm land, with the railway corridor sometimes visible in the valley to the east

There are distance markers along the trail. In an emergency, call 000 and quote the alpha-numeric code on the emergency marker closest to your location

Bravington to Rokeby (1.5km)

• Access: There is limited on-street parking at the entrance to the Rokeby Flora and Fauna Reserve, which is on the northern side of Old Telegraph Rd West, Bravington
• Enter the flora and fauna reserve, established in the 1960s, where you will find a number of endangered native plants
• A short side path on the left leads to the Tarago River picnic area, a grassy spot with a picnic table, seats and good fishing
• Sadly, someone filled in the cutting at Brandy Creek Rd, so you have to turn hard right after just 1km and climb out of the cutting and up that road to Rokeby Recreation Reserve. There’s a narrow path most of the way that takes you past the village hall to Lavinia St and the start of the next section. Alternatively, start at the sparkling trail hub for the next section and walk this bit south and back
• Rokeby has a substantial market on the second Saturday of the month.

Rokeby to Crossover (3.8km)

• Access: Trail hub at end of Lavinia St, Rokeby, at southern end of Crossover Regional Park. Toilets in recreation reserve hall near Frederick St
• This stretch is on a 1-in-40 grade, which was the steepest continuous climb on the line between Warragul and Noojee but still very gentle
• Watch for the interpretive signs in a shelter and mountain bike tracks in the bush, built with the blessing of Parks Victoria
• At the top end of this dead-end section of rail trail is the heritage-listed Crossover Trestle Bridge, built by the railway contractor in 1891 to get road traffic over the railway line’s deep cutting.
• Just before the bridge, the trail climbs to the west from the railway corridor to Bridge Rd.

Crossover to Neerim (12km)

• Access: There’s a trail hub at the end of Bridge Rd, Crossover
• Much of this section of the railway is now in private hands, but you can get an idea of what the train trip was like by travelling along the railside trail to Neerim South and looking down into the Red Hill Creek valley on your right
• The gravel trail follows the road reserve so is more lumpy than you might be used to
• The main street of Neerim South has the former railway station’s turntable cone on display
• There’s also a good range of shops, picnic tables, cafes, public toilets and accommodation
• The trail re-joins the railway corridor about 5km north of Neerim South (see map) for some spectacular mountain views at Apex Lookout.
• The trail ends at Elton Rd, Neerim, but you can start here and head south for a less challenging trip
• Planning is underway to extend the shared path to join the Noojee Rail Trail