
Rail Trail Cafe – a Welcoming Workplace!
With help from BUSY at Work, the Rail Trail Cafe, on the Great Alpine Road in Victoria’s High Country, has been able to build a supportive, inclusive and welcoming workplace where their employees and the business are both thriving. When Lucy and Jesse opened the Rail Trail Cafe in 2008, they had seating for just 20 customers and were going it alone. Fast forward to 2025 and they’ve expanded to a capacity of nearly 100 seats and have employed staff from all ages, backgrounds and abilities. Lucy stated, “When we started the business we (naively!) thought we could manage with