New Axe Creek bridge complete
We're excited: the new bridge over Axe Creek is now open! No more sliding down the bank to cross the creek - the new bridge crosses at the same elevation as the trail. You can [...]
Axedale students take the rail trail to school
Around 20 students from the Axedale Primary School cycled to school on the O’Keefe Rail Trail on National Ride2School Day, Friday 23 March in the company of parents and the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail [...]
Rifle Butts replica completed
While council contractors have been working on the new bridge, the Friends have been busy reconstructing a near replica of the Rifle Butts platform. The original platform was demolished, when the last small section of [...]
Looking for ideas to manage our historical collection
We're now amassing a great collection of material that we'd like to organise and make available via our web site for others to use as well. Can anyone suggest a tool that meets these criteria: [...]
”Desperately Seeking” rail trail’s history
The Friends History Action Group recently placed a notice in the Desperately Seeking column of the Herald Sun and have since been overwhelmed with the response. Train buffs have appeared all over the state with [...]
Friends clean up
Twenty-seven pairs of hands arrived to work on a section of the O'Keefe Rail Trail on Clean Up Australia Day, Sunday 4 March. It was the biggest turn-out since we've been taking part in the [...]
First new bit of trail opens in Axedale
The trail has now been linked with the new Hargreaves Creek bridge which was constructed last year. It's the first physical extension of the trail since 1993 and extends the trail to Crows Rd/Burns St [...]
Council learns from another trail
Four members of the City of Greater Bendigo project team and parks group visited the Goulburn River High Country Rail Trail (GRHCRT) in late February. This was an initiative of the Friends group, with four [...]
Swing bridge replacement close to opening
The bridge replacing the old swing bridge across Axe Creek is nearly complete and should be open in March. The foundations are ready, the deck is being assembled in Bendigo and the contractor is awaiting [...]