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Dunolly is an old gold mining town surrounded by stunning box and iron bark forest. This town was once referred to as the ‘Golden Trianglebecause there were more nuggets found in the district than any other in Australia and was home to the largest gold nugget ever found in the world - the ‘Welcome Stranger. Major Trail Features: 1. Hugh Hughes Eucalyptus Site 2. Rock Cairn – 1895 Murder Site 3. Old Bromley School 4. Old Dredge Site 5. Former Township of Bromley 6. Old Sugar Gums Nursery Site 7. Cairn – Naming of Maryborough at Old Police Camp Timor Grand Duke Trail – 45km Reasonably gentle ride through farmland. Once a thriving metropolis with a population in excess of 27,000, this now sleeping hollow is home to the spectacular Grand Duke Mine and the intriguing Timor Cemetery. Major Trail Features: 8. Seaham Mine Bushland Reserve 9. Gladstone Reserve 10. Timor Cemetery 11. Grand Duke Mine and Arch 12. Nuggetty Gully Reservoir 1. Hugh Hughes Eucalyptus Site * Tracks are signposted in the direction of travel indicated on map. If there are no track markers present continue travelling straight * Tracks are usually suitable for mountain and hybrid bikes. Off road tracks follow forest roads with mostly gentle grades and very little vehicular traffic. Surface conditions will vary depending on weather and maintenance * No fires may be lit on days of Total Fire Ban. This includes gas or fuel stoves in tents. All other fires must comply with relevant regulations * Drinking water may not be available outside of townships * Public toilets are located at Dunolly, Avoca, Carisbrook, Talbot, Timor, Paddys Ranges Picnic Ground and Majorca * Varied mobile telephone reception is available in all areas * All cycling tracks begin at the Maryborough Railway Station, listed distances are estimated only Central Goldfields Visitor Information Centre: 1800 356 511 Parks Victoria Information: 131 963 DSE Information: 136 186 www.visitmaryborough.com.au Carisbrook Settlers Trail – 24km Mostly gentle ride through forest and farmland. Carisbrook is the centre of a rich agricultural area that poses many historic buildings and sites such as the Old Log Goal which retains its original interlocking and horizontally-laid log walls and the Masonic Lodge. Major Trail Features: 13. Old Bluchers Mine 14. Forestry Demonstration Site 15. Carisbrook Cemetery 16. Cairn – Tilly Ashton 17. Historic Walk/Ride Bucknall Street 18. Maryborough Harness Racing Track/ Old Charles Kingsford Smith Airfield 19. Old Phelan Ready Built Home Site Majorca Kong Meng Trail – 23km Reasonably gentle ride through forest and township. Majorca was founded in 1863 towards the end of the Victorian gold rush after two prospectors struck gold at nearby McCallums Creek. Two months later, there were 250 stores and restaurants catering to a population of around three to four thousand, although many shops and residents soon returned to nearby Maryborough. The town size was sustained for over 50 years through gold mining, including the Kong Meng Mine. Major Trail Features 20. Old Mosquito School 21. Kong Meng Mine Site 22. Old Majorca School Site, Township 23. Cairn – Gold Escort Route 24. Battery Dam Historic Site – Old Eucalyptus Still Talbot Heritage Trail – 45 km Slightly steep hill through mostly forest. A picturesque early goldmining town with a unique streetscape of heritage sites and buildings. Major Trail Features: 25. Paddys Ranges State Park - Campground Facilities 26. Wildflowers in Spring 27. Hendrickson Dam Eucalyptus Still 28. Mud Brick Fence 1800s House Site 29. Birthing Tree 30. Bull Gully Aboriginal Rainwater Wells 31. Cairn – Discovery of Gold Nugget Paddys Ranges Trail – 22km Reasonably easy ride through undulating forest. The Paddys Ranges Trail is a great place to observe relics of the goldmining era. This trail is well known for its wildflower displays and is home to more than 140 native birds, including the rare Painted Honeyeaters and Swift Parrots Major Trail Features: 26. Wildflowers in Spring 32. Water Race feeding Goldfields Reservoir Craigie Forest Trail – 11 km Easy Forest Ride; Short rocky area Cragie State Forest is home to beautiful Box and Ironbark trees. Set amongst the forest are the historically significant Bull Gully Aboriginal Rainwater Wells and The Battery Dam Historic Site, home to an old Eucalyptus Still. Major Trail Features: 30. Bull Gully Aboriginal Rainwater Wells 24. Battery Dam Historic Site- Old Eucalyptus Still Avoca Mountain View Trail – 80km Mostly gentle ride through forest, farmland and townships. With the backdrop of the Pyrenees Ranges and tall red gums along its riverbanks, Avoca is an idyllic rural town with a mixture of cafes, galleries, specialty shops and accommodation. Major Trail Features: 32. Water Race feeding Goldfields Reservoir 26. Wildflowers in Spring 27. Hendrickson Dam Eucalyptus Still 28. Mud Brick Fence 1800s House Site 33. Historic Blue Stone Culverts Cycle Central Goldfields Cycle Central Goldfields Dunolly/Havelock Gold Rush Trail Timor Grand Duke Trail Carisbrook Settlers Trail Majorca Kong Meng Trail Paddys Ranges Trail Talbot Heritage Trail Craigie Forest Trail Avoca Mountain View Trail Experience the History

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RAILWAYSTATION

Dunolly/H

avelock Gold Rush Trail – 54km

Mostly gentle ride through undulating forest and

farmland.

Dunolly is an old gold m

ining town surrounded by stunning box and iron bark forest. This town was once referred to as the ‘Golden Triangle‛ because there were m

ore nuggets found in the district than any other in A

ustralia and was home to the largest gold

nugget ever found in the world - the ‘Welcom

e Stranger‛.

Major Trail Features:

1. Hugh H

ughes Eucalyptus Site2. Rock Cairn – 1895 M

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ld Bromley School

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redge Site 5. Form

er Township of Bromley

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Timor Grand D

uke Trail – 45km

Reasonably gentle ride through farmland.

Once a thriving m

etropolis with a population in excess of 27,000, this now sleeping hollow is hom

e to the spectacular Grand D

uke Mine and the intriguing Tim

or Cem

etery.

Major Trail Features:

8. Seaham M

ine Bushland Reserve9. Gladstone Reserve 10. Tim

or Cemetery

11. Grand Duke M

ine and Arch

12. Nuggetty Gully Reservoir

1. H

ugh Hughes Eucalyptus Site

* Tracks are signposted in the direction of travel indicated on m

ap. If there are no track markers

present continue travelling straight

* Tracks are usually suitable for mountain and

hybrid bikes. Off road tracks follow forest roads

with mostly gentle grades and very little vehicular

traffic. Surface conditions will vary depending on weather and m

aintenance

* No fires m

ay be lit on days of Total Fire Ban. This includes gas or fuel stoves in tents. A

ll other fires m

ust comply with relevant regulations

* Drinking water m

ay not be available outside of townships

* Public toilets are located at Dunolly, A

voca, Carisbrook, Talbot, Tim

or, Paddys Ranges Picnic Ground and M

ajorca

* Varied mobile telephone reception is available in all

areas

* All cycling tracks begin at the M

aryborough Railway Station, listed distances are estim

ated only

Central Goldfields

Visitor Inform

ation Centre: 1800 356 511

Parks Victoria Inform

ation: 131 963

D

SE Information:

136 186

www.visitm

aryborough.com.au

Carisbrook Settlers Trail – 24km

Mostly gentle ride through forest and farm

land.

Carisbrook is the centre of a rich agricultural area that poses m

any historic buildings and sites such as the O

ld Log Goal which retains its original interlocking and horizontally-laid log walls and the M

asonic Lodge.

Major Trail Features:

13. Old Bluchers M

ine 14. Forestry D

emonstration Site

15. Carisbrook Cemetery

16. Cairn – Tilly Ashton

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alk/Ride Bucknall Street 18. M

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ld Charles

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Majorca Kong M

eng Trail – 23km

Reasonably gentle ride through forest and township.

Majorca was founded in 1863 towards the end of the

Victorian gold rush after two prospectors struck gold at nearby M

cCallum‛s Creek. Two m

onths later, there were 250 stores and restaurants catering to a population of around three to four thousand, although m

any shops and residents soon returned to nearby M

aryborough. The town size was sustained for over 50 years through gold m

ining, including the Kong M

eng Mine.

Major Trail Features

20. Old M

osquito School 21. Kong M

eng Mine Site

22. Old M

ajorca School Site, Township 23. Cairn – Gold Escort Route 24. Battery D

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istoric Site – Old Eucalyptus Still

Talbot Heritage Trail – 45 km

Slightly steep hill through mostly forest.

A picturesque early goldm

ining town with a unique streetscape of heritage sites and buildings.

Major Trail Features:

25. Paddys Ranges State Park - Campground Facilities

26. Wildflowers in Spring

27. Hendrickson D

am Eucalyptus Still

28. Mud Brick Fence 1800‛s H

ouse Site 29. Birthing Tree30. Bull Gully A

boriginal Rainwater Wells

31. Cairn – Discovery of Gold N

ugget

Paddys Ranges Trail – 22km

Reasonably easy ride through undulating forest.

The Paddys Ranges Trail is a great place to observe relics of the goldm

ining era. This trail is well known for its wildflower displays and is hom

e to more than

140 native birds, including the rare Painted H

oneyeaters and Swift Parrots

Major Trail Features:

26. Wildflowers in Spring

32. Water Race feeding Goldfields Reservoir

Craigie Forest Trail – 11 km

Easy Forest Ride; Short rocky area

Cragie State Forest is home to beautiful Box and

Ironbark trees. Set amongst the forest are the

historically significant Bull Gully Aboriginal Rainwater

Wells and The Battery D

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istoric Site, home to an

old Eucalyptus Still.

Major Trail Features:

30. Bull Gully Aboriginal Rainwater W

ells24. Battery D

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istoric Site- Old Eucalyptus Still

Avoca M

ountain View Trail – 80km

Mostly gentle ride through forest, farm

land and townships.

With the backdrop of the Pyrenees Ranges and tall

red gums along its riverbanks, A

voca is an idyllic rural town with a m

ixture of cafes, galleries, specialty shops and accom

modation.

Major Trail Features:

32. Water Race feeding Goldfields Reservoir

26. Wildflowers in Spring

27. Hendrickson D

am Eucalyptus Still

28. Mud Brick Fence 1800‛s H

ouse Site33. H

istoric Blue Stone Culverts

CycleCentralGoldfields CycleCentralGoldfields

Dunolly/H

avelock Gold Rush TrailTim

or Grand Duke Trail

Carisbrook Settlers TrailM

ajorca Kong Meng Trail

Paddys Ranges TrailTalbot H

eritage TrailCraigie Forest TrailAvoca M

ountain View Trail

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