The Mary Valley Rail Trail is an unsealed trail linking the townships of Imbil and Brooloo, using part of the former historical Mary Valley branch line with a distance of 4.7km in total along the former railway corridor alignment. This is a joint project between Gympie Regional Council and the Queensland State Government to deliver a shared use recreational trail to re-use the railway corridor.
Since adopting this series from spiderwebbs4 and noticing several gaps, I have chosen to refurbish the series and add some replacement caches for those that were archived (as well as one or two extras!) This is a great area that has quite the abundance of birdlife and is rich in history. You can park at either end of the trail, and can choose to walk, ride your bike, or even take your horse to find these caches! I strongly suggest bringing the bushman's, as there are plenty of ticks in this area, as well as a few mozzies. I hope you enjoy finding both the new and old caches along this trail!
This road crossing seems to be rather attractive to the local birdlife. I spotted some Red-Backed Fairywrens hopping through the grass, and a Sacred Kingfisher sitting solemnly on a nearby branch. But as the cache name implies, there were many Chestnut-breasted Mannikins browsing through the grass, looking for seeds to eat. Whilst searching this area for a good spot to hide the cache I enjoyed their prescence and chattering. Even better, I found the perfect spot for a container that has sat in my caching kit for far too long. Good luck and happy hunting!