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		<title>Friends join forces for tree planting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A successful tree planting project was completed on the O’Keefe Rail Trail at Longlea on 30 October 2011. This was a joint project with the Friends of Kennington Reservoir group and was arranged with the assistance of City of Greater Bendigo council. The planting site was selected on the trail’s bypass section around the former [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bendigokilmorerailtrail.com&amp;blog=7096720&amp;post=450&amp;subd=bendigokilmorerailtrail&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ride the Ballarat – Skipton Rail Trail Saturday 7th May, 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join the Friends of Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail on Saturday 7th May 2011, as we ride the Ballarat-Skipton Rail Trail. The rail trail is 53 km long and has a fine gravel surface, suitable for MTB and hybrid bikes. It traverses rolling hills, scrub-land forests and grassy plains. It crosses the historic Nimmons trestle bridge at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bendigokilmorerailtrail.com&amp;blog=7096720&amp;post=303&amp;subd=bendigokilmorerailtrail&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Local business thanked for reviving rail history</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 04:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hanson Bendigo’s contribution to restoring part of the history of the O’Keefe Rail Trail was recognised when the Friends presented a certificate of appreciation to Kevin Benbow, Plant Manager, early in October. &#160; &#160; The company has donated all the concrete to recreate 11 ‘mile’ posts, which will eventually be installed along the trail between [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bendigokilmorerailtrail.com&amp;blog=7096720&amp;post=275&amp;subd=bendigokilmorerailtrail&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spring in the Bendigo Bush rides the rail trail</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wanted to ride the rail trail and Wellsford Forest, but lacked company? Well, join us for a guided tour on Saturday 2 October. We&#8217;ll follow the existing trail to Axedale and return through the Wellsford forest as part of this year&#8217;s Spring in the Bendigo bush. Enthusiasts will talk about the railway&#8217;s history and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bendigokilmorerailtrail.com&amp;blog=7096720&amp;post=260&amp;subd=bendigokilmorerailtrail&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Friends brave mud for good cause</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late in August, a group of the Friends joined forces with the Longley Landcare Group and the council to plant around 2,000 trees and shrubs along a bare patch of the rail trail near Junortoun. Even before the deluge of last weekend, it was soft and muddy and no one came out of the exercise [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bendigokilmorerailtrail.com&amp;blog=7096720&amp;post=257&amp;subd=bendigokilmorerailtrail&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>O&#8217;Keefe officially a trail of regional significance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The O&#8217;Keefe Rail Trail has been identified as one of seven trail proposals of regional significance. The Loddon Mallee Regionally Significant Trails Strategy investigated trails that have the potential to attract domestic and international visitors to the area showcase the unique landscape and cultural features invigorate local communities enhance the region’s reputation as a key [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bendigokilmorerailtrail.com&amp;blog=7096720&amp;post=254&amp;subd=bendigokilmorerailtrail&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mile posts come back to life</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While project planning is underway, little is happening on the ground. Never one to sit idle, Ken Hanson has launched into an ambitious project to recreate mile posts for the entire length of the trail. “We only need 24 for the trail to Heathcote,” he says. The posts were used by locomotive drivers to check [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bendigokilmorerailtrail.com&amp;blog=7096720&amp;post=249&amp;subd=bendigokilmorerailtrail&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bendigo budgets for trail upgrades</title>
		<link>http://bendigokilmorerailtrail.com/2010/06/07/bendigo-budgets-for-trail-upgrades/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City of Greater Bendigo has released its draft budget for 2010/2011 and it includes nearly $1 million for work on the rail trail. Of the proposed $983,000 to be spent on the rail trail, $633,00 is listed as &#8220;externally funded&#8221;. Although we&#8217;ve heard nothing about the Regional Development Victoria grant application, we suspect this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bendigokilmorerailtrail.com&amp;blog=7096720&amp;post=180&amp;subd=bendigokilmorerailtrail&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mitchell Shire gives trail in principle support</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At its meeting on 22 February, Mitchell Shire Council voted unanimously to give in principle support to the extension of the trail to Kilmore and to advocate on behalf of the Friends as opportunities arise. The council is working on an Off Road Trails Strategy which includes the development of walkways and cycle tracks and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bendigokilmorerailtrail.com&amp;blog=7096720&amp;post=156&amp;subd=bendigokilmorerailtrail&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Count bikes and help extend the rail trail</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday 2 March is the Super Bicycle Count Bicycle Victoria is looking for volunteers to help count bikes in Melbourne and Bendigo, and they&#8217;ll dontate $50 to a cycling organisation nominated by each volunteer to support the organisation&#8217;s activities. The Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail are on the list of organisations you can support. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bendigokilmorerailtrail.com&amp;blog=7096720&amp;post=149&amp;subd=bendigokilmorerailtrail&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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