Monthly Archives: March 2024

Cycling Country Roads plus a Pub Lunch

Without a direct O'Keefe Rail Trail link between Heathcote and Tooborac, as yet, the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail group's Wednesday social ride plan chose to select quite country roads as the alternate to [...]

2024-03-28T21:28:14+11:00March 28, 2024|Uncategorized|

Riders Head to High Country

What better way to spend time with friends than to cycle a rail trail! So before Summer Daylight Savings ends in Victoria, members of the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail headed off to experience [...]

2024-03-21T17:27:05+11:00March 21, 2024|Uncategorized|

Cycling Without Age at 102 years

What a memorable experience cyclist Pam Erny had as a volunteer with the Cycling Without Age program. Pam's Castlemaine based residential care passenger, Herb, is 102 years old and going on 103 later in 2024. [...]

2024-03-16T15:30:41+11:00March 16, 2024|Uncategorized|

Believe, Invest, Achieve Rewards

"Just build it, and they will come" is often a statement made about proposed community facilities. The Northern Rivers Rail Trail (NRRT), in NSW, has been such a project. The NRRT committee is feeling mighty [...]

2024-03-11T21:23:03+11:00March 11, 2024|Uncategorized|

Volunteers care for O’Keefe Rail Trail

As time passes, the O'Keefe Rail Trail facilities are being impacted by weather events and aging. The Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail group members monitor the condition of both the trail itself, as well [...]

2024-03-08T21:45:59+11:00March 8, 2024|Uncategorized|

Bikes and Trails = Trams & Coffees

There was enjoyment to be had for riders cycling Bendigo's urban trails on a regular monthly Wednesday ride in February. Those trails included the O'Keefe Rail Trail, Bendigo Creek Trail, Back Creek Trail, and the [...]

2024-03-04T21:34:37+11:00March 4, 2024|Uncategorized|

Seeking Your Input

The City of Greater Bendigo council is seeking community input to guide the O'Keefe Rail Trail's future. A draft plan has now been published to guide the trail's future development and management, as well as [...]

2024-03-01T16:46:15+11:00March 1, 2024|Uncategorized|
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