18-620: 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
36-600: 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
54-638: 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
72-652: 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
90-697: 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
108-622: 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
126-558: 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
144-862: 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
162-549: 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
180-669: 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
198-505: 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
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#1732782677206216-580: 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
234-524: 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
252-703: 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
270-478: 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,
288-604: 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
306-719: 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
324-594: 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
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