27-602: The Kilkivan to Kingaroy Rail Trail (KKRT, in part also known as the South Burnett Rail Trail or SBRT) is an 88- kilometre (55 mi ) recreation trail from Kilkivan to Kingaroy . The trail follows the old Kingaroy Branch railway and is open to walkers, cyclists and horse riders. Kilkivan is situated on the Wide Bay Highway , 229 kilometres (142 mi ) north of the state capital, Brisbane and 50.4 kilometres (31.3 mi) west of Gympie . Kingaroy
54-564: A joint project between Gympie Regional Council , South Burnett Regional Council and the Queensland State Government to deliver a publicly accessible shared use recreational trail as a viable re-use of a now disused rail corridor. Bitumen has also been laid on the section of the trail between Kingaroy and Murgon. The following is on the Queensland Heritage Register :- The following are Local Heritage listed by
81-577: A new measurement system. In August 1793, the French National Convention decreed the metre as the sole length measurement system in the French Republic and it was based on 1 / 10 millionth of the distance from the orbital poles (either North or South) to the Equator , this being a truly internationally based unit. The first name of the kilometre was "Millaire". Although
108-420: A twice daily service to Nanango and a trip to Brisbane ran overnight. Railheads at Nanango and Yarraman (Brisbane Valley branch terminus) were no more than 20 kilometres (12 mi) apart yet proposed links did not eventuate. The Kingaroy to Nanango section of the line was closed on 1 July 1964 and dismantled. The remainder of the line was left open but had limited use. The Peanut Company of Australia used
135-628: Is not a rail trail. The section of the trail in the Gympie Regional Council area between Kilkivan and Murgon is for walking , cycling and horse riding only. The surface is not suitable for road/racing bicycles, personal mobility vehicles or horse-drawn vehicles. Motorised vehicles of any type are prohibited to keep trail users safe. The trail surface is compacted gravel (in populated areas) and grass (in rural areas) between Murgon and Kilkivan. Queensland’s longest sealed rail trail section of 44 kilometres (27 mi) from Murgon to Kingaroy in
162-635: Is situated on the junction of the D'Aguilar and the Bunya Highways , 218 kilometres (135 mi) north-west of Brisbane and 141 kilometres (88 mi) south- west of Gympie. The Trail crosses two belts of old rocks separated by the northern end of the Esk Basin. The Kilkivan Railway Station was built on a goldfield. The northern end of the trail is located in Kilkivan, north-west of Brisbane and directly west of Gympie . The Kilkivan to Murgon section of
189-677: The ABC programme Back Roads . Kilometre The kilometre ( SI symbol: km ; / ˈ k ɪ l ə m iː t ər / or / k ɪ ˈ l ɒ m ə t ər / ), spelt kilometer in American and Philippine English , is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one thousand metres ( kilo- being the SI prefix for 1000 ). It is the preferred measurement unit to express distances between geographical places on land in most of
216-595: The Brisbane Valley Rail Trail to the Kingaroy-Kilkivan Rail trail for a total distance of 305 kilometres (190 mi). The Link Trail follows the old stock route from Yarraman to Nanango for 21 kilometres (13 mi), and then from Nanango to Kingaroy is a further 34 kilometres (21 mi) along quiet country backroads. While they were open these two rail lines were never joined, hence the Link Trail
243-549: The South Burnett Region , is for walkers and cyclists only. In this section horse riding is not allowed, as the trail crosses the "tick line". Most creeks are crossed via timber bridges or concrete causeways, the most notable of which is the restored curved trestle railway bridge at the rural town of Tingoora . After widespread criticism of the lack of a crossing at Wide Bay Creek near Kilkivan, Gympie Regional Council announced that $ 130,000 had been allocated to address
270-589: The US, UK, and Canadian militaries is klick . Some sporting disciplines feature 1000 m (one-kilometre) races in major events (such as the Olympic Games ). In some disciplines—although world records are catalogued—one-kilometre events remain a minority. Nanango railway line The Nanango railway line was a narrow-gauge branch railway located in Queensland , Australia. On 31 October 1882, parliament approved
297-824: The Wide Bay Highway. The Kingaroy-Kilkivan Rail Trail joins the larger Bicentennial National Trail at Kilkivan. The South Burnett Mountain Bike Club, in conjunction with the South Burnett Rail Trail Users Association, has established clear signposted cycling routes that loop out from the rail trail into the surrounding countryside:-East Memerambi Loop, Memerambi Gordonbrook Dam Route, Wooroolin West Loop, East Wooroolin Loop, West Tingoora Loop and East Tingoora Loop. The 55-kilometre (34 mi) Link Trail joins
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#1732852139117324-681: The afternoon making a crossing over the Mary River on Dickabram Bridge which was built to carry road and rail traffic. The second stage to Kilkivan took the line through stops at Dickabram , Miva , Sexton , Boowoogum , Woolooga , Nondiga, Oakview , Bular and Mouingba . A mixed train ran each day from Maryborough to Kilkivan departing the former town at 6.00am reaching Kilkivan at 1.45pm before returning to Maryborough at 4.45pm. The third stage from Kilkivan to Goomeri opened on 1 August 1902 and stops were built en route at Wygarr , Cinnabar , Coleman and Kinbombi . Opened on 14 September 1903,
351-518: The construction of a branch line from Theebine (then called Kilkivan Junction) west to Kilkivan after gold and copper were discovered in this region of Queensland, Australia. The section was opened in two stages – to Dickabram on 1 January 1886 after two crossings of the Mary River and to Kilkivan on 6 December 1886. Parliament approved an extension of the line south west to what became Kingaroy on 12 December 1900. The decision served to revitalise
378-540: The crossing and make other improvements along the trail by 30 June 2019. A low level bridge was opened across Wide Bay Creek in October 2021. There is another curved timber bridge between Cinnabar and Kinbombi . Old signage like W for Whistle can be seen along the trail. Along the KKRT scattered amenities (rest stops, public toilets and shelters) are placed for user convenience. There are multiple free camping options located in
405-638: The first pronunciation was declared official by the government's Metric Conversion Board. However, the Australian prime minister at the time, Gough Whitlam , insisted that the second pronunciation was the correct one because of the Greek origins of the two parts of the word. By a decree of 8 May 1790, the French National Constituent Assembly ordered the French Academy of Sciences to develop
432-470: The fourth stage took the line further south to Wondai after passing through Manyung , Moondooner and Murgon . The fifth stage, opened on 19 December 1904, terminated at Kingaroy which was soon to become the most important town in the South Burnett region. En route from Wondai , the line passed sidings at Tingoora , Wooroolin , Memerambi and Crawford . The train service from Brisbane to Kingaroy
459-401: The line to transport peanuts to and from its Kingaroy factory. The Kingaroy-Theebine section of the railway was closed in 2011. The Theebine to Kingaroy line was officially closed in early 2011. Track removal occurred in 2014 making way for the 88 kilometres (55 mi ) Kingaroy-Kilkivan Rail Trail . Rail bridges along the route were dismantled. The Kilkivan to Kingaroy Rail Trail is
486-505: The metre was formally defined in 1799, the myriametre ( 10 000 metres) was preferred to the "kilometre" for everyday use. The term " myriamètre " appeared a number of times in the text of Develey's book Physique d'Emile: ou, Principes de la science de la nature , (published in 1802), while the term kilometre only appeared in an appendix. French maps published in 1835 had scales showing myriametres and " lieues de Poste " (Postal leagues of about 4288 metres). The Dutch, on
513-562: The myriametre was in use in France. In 1935, the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM) officially abolished the prefix "myria-" and with it the "myriametre", leaving the kilometre as the recognised unit of length for measurements of that magnitude. The symbol km for the kilometre is in lower case and has been standardised by the BIPM . A slang term for the kilometre in
540-514: The other hand, adopted the kilometre in 1817 but gave it the local name of the mijl . It was only in 1867 that the term " kilometer " became the only official unit of measure in the Netherlands to represent 1000 metres. Two German textbooks dated 1842 and 1848 respectively give a snapshot of the use of the kilometre across Europe: the kilometre was in use in the Netherlands and in Italy, and
567-663: The prefix (as in centimetre , millimetre , nanometre and so on). It is generally preferred by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Many other users, particularly in countries where SI (the metric system) is not widely used, use the second pronunciation with stress on the second syllable. The second pronunciation follows
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#1732852139117594-472: The previously unprofitable line, but such an indirect link with Brisbane faced stiff competition once roads were constructed direct from the area south east to the state's capital. Initially, as in many other places, railway construction forged the development of settlements along its path – in this instance Goomeri , Murgon , Wondai and Kingaroy townships were thus established. A daily goods train left Maryborough at 8.00am for Dickabram and returned in
621-473: The stress pattern used for the names of measuring instruments (such as micrometer , barometer , thermometer , tachometer, and speedometer ). The contrast is even more obvious in countries that use the American spelling of the word metre . This pronunciation is irregular because it makes the kilometre the only SI unit with the stress on the second syllable. After Australia introduced the metric system in 1970,
648-510: The townships however camping along the trail itself is not permitted. Use of the KKRT is governed by a Code of Conduct issued by the local governing authorities. The following site on the closed Nanango railway line is on the Queensland Heritage Register : The following are Local Heritage listed by the South Burnett Regional Council : The rail trail is the focus of the South Burnett Rail Trail, QLD episode of Series 10 of
675-640: The trail passes through Goomeri and is located in the upper reaches of the Mary River valley and crosses through open farmland. The trail head at Kilkivan is located opposite the former railway station building near the Bicentennial National Trail. Kilkivan is 216 kilometres (134 mi) from Brisbane (via the Wide Bay and Bruce Highways ) or 273 kilometres (170 mi) via the Burnett , D'Aguilar and Bruce Highways . Kilkivan and Goomeri are located on
702-575: The world; notable exceptions are the United States and the United Kingdom where the statute mile is used. There are two common pronunciations for the word. The first pronunciation follows a pattern in English whereby SI units are pronounced with the stress on the first syllable (as in kilogram , kilojoule and kilohertz ) and the pronunciation of the actual base unit does not change irrespective of
729-633: Was not quick to say the least. Leaving Brisbane at 8.00am on the Bundaberg Mail and travelling north to meet the train travelling west meant arrival in Kingaroy at 9.45pm. A rail motor service ran three times a week between Maryborough and Kingaroy from 1929 to 1967, and a sleeping car was provided twice per week. The sixth and final stage opened as far as Nanango on 13 November 1911 passing through Edenvale , Hornley, Coolabunia , Hodgleigh and Darli . By 1914, timber and agricultural traffic necessitated
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