Fassifern Rail Trail Opening and Tree Planting Ceremony

Wednesday 10 September 11am Boonah Visitor Information Centre, Bicentennial Park

In 1879 settlers in the Fassifern Valley petitioned the Queensland Government to provide the community with a railway service from Ipswich to Coochin Coochin, arguing that the area was ‘one of the oldest and most thickly populated agricultural districts in the colony’. The railway proved a boon to the district. The year 1920 saw the arrival in Boonah of a Royal Train carrying the Prince of Wales. The railway continued to function well until the 1950s but the construction of bitumen roads and popularity of private motor vehicles saw the end of the railway service in 1964.

At 11am on Wednesday 10 September, the Queensland Government and the Scenic Rim Regional Council will re-open a section of the historic railway as a recreation trail for walkers and cyclists.

You are invited to join in the celebrations and plant your very own tree on the trail.

Tree registration and collection from 10am, with the official opening at 11am.

EVENT COORDINATOR: Lacey Sawtell, phone 5463 3000 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it