Barossa Trail

Barossa Trail
Barossa Trail
Length	40 kilometres (25 mi)
Location	Barossa Valley, Australia
Established	22 May 2014
Trailheads	Kalbeeba 34°36′12″S 138°47′43″E / 34.60322°S 138.79526°E; Tanunda 34°31′43″S 138°57′11″E / 34.52853°S 138.95304°E; Tanunda 34°30′30″S 138°58′48″E / 34.50821°S 138.98011°E; Nuriootpa 34°28′48″S 138°59′49″E / 34.47996°S 138.99690°E; Angaston 34°30′09″S 139°02′44″E / 34.50253°S 139.04545°E;
Use	Cycling, Hiking
Surface	sealed
Website	https://www.barossa.com/the-barossa-trail
Trail map

The Barossa Trail is a 40 kilometres (25 mi) cycling and walking path through the Barossa Valley in South Australia. Until 2019 the 27km between Gawler and Tanunda was named the Jack Bobridge Track.

The Jack Bobridge Track was named after Jack Bobridge, a cyclist who grew up in the area.^[1] It was opened in May 2014.^[2] Following Bobridge's imprisonment in July 2019 for dealing recreational drugs,^[3] the Barossa Council changed its name to the Barossa Trail.^[4]^[5] It was already the name for the shared path from Tanunda through Nuriootpa and on the former railway route to Angaston.

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.^[6] 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.^[1]

^ ^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 open". Barossa and Light Herald. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
^ "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.
^ "Jack Bobridge Track". Tourism Barossa. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

[RAA-1] 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.

[2] "Jack Bobridge track open". Barossa and Light Herald. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2019.

[3] "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.

[4] "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.

[5] 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.

[JBT-6] "Jack Bobridge Track". Tourism Barossa. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

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