| Barossa Trail | |
|---|---|
| Length | 40 kilometres (25 mi) |
| Location | Barossa Valley, Australia |
| Established | 22 May 2014 |
| Trailheads | |
| Use | Cycling, Hiking |
| Surface | sealed |
| Website | https://www.barossa.com/the-barossa-trail |
| Trail map | |
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The Barossa Trail is a 40 kilometres (25 mi) cycling and walking path through the Barossa Valley in South Australia, opened in May 2014.[1]. Much of the Barossa Trail follows the Barossa Valley railway line, but is not a rail trail as part of the railway was still operating at the time it was built.[2] As it is not on the railway formation, it has more undulations than a true rail trail would have. The part near Rowland Flat is away from both the railway and main road. It has much sharper corners than would be expected on a rail trail.[3]
Until 2019 the 27km between Gawler and Tanunda was named the Jack Bobridge Track, after a cyclist who grew up in the area.[3] Following Bobridge's imprisonment that year for dealing recreational drugs,[4] the Barossa Council extended the name of the rest of the route to that section.[5][6]
- ^ "Jack Bobridge track open". Barossa and Light Herald. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ "Jack Bobridge Track". Tourism Barossa. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ a b John Pedler (13 November 2014). "Cycling the Jack Bobridge Track and Barossa Trail". Royal Automobile Association. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Jack Bobridge Track likely to be renamed following cyclist's jail sentence for drug dealing". ABC News. ABC. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ "Minutes of the meeting of the Barossa Council held on Tuesday 16 July 2019 commencing at 9.00am in the Council Chambers, 43-51 Tanunda Road, Nuriootpa" (PDF). The Barossa Council. pp. 7–8. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ James, Colin (18 July 2019). "Barossa Council strips jailed cyclist Jack Bobridge's name from bikeway between Gawler and Tanunda". The Advertiser Messenger Community News. Retrieved 27 July 2019.