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Great Alpine Road now has an equally great bike trail

VICTORIA’S most iconic cycling route, the Murray to Mountains Rail Trail, has finally reached the mountains, and the 27-kilometre section between the beautiful town of Bright and quirky Harrietville at the foot of the Australian Alps has just been opened. It shadows the Great Alpine Road, which winds through spectacular countryside in the leg between Myrtleford and Dinner Plain, but on the trail you’re more often in touch with Ovens River, meandering through forests and pastures.

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