Yearly Archives: 2024

Cycling Without Age for Bendigo?

The Bendigo Cycling Without Age team is advancing their proposed service while boosting the experiences of individuals. A Kerang based trishaw was brought to Bendigo's Lake Weeroona, enabling the team to take passengers who are [...]

2024-05-08T07:00:53+10:00May 8, 2024|Uncategorized|

Trail Repair Works

With high rainfall events occurring in 2023, one consequence of the Campaspe River's high flows and flooding was damage to the O'Keefe Rail Trail at Axedale. While temporary works enabled the trail to reopen to [...]

2024-05-05T07:46:13+10:00May 5, 2024|Uncategorized|

April’s “Last Wednesday” ride

With the winter season approaching, members of the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail enjoyed mild conditions to ride through the Wellsford Forest. The route track, through the Wellsford Forest With the Forest Gallery being [...]

2024-05-01T12:57:44+10:00May 1, 2024|Uncategorized|

Meeting Local State Member

The thought of having an off-road recreational trail, linking Wallan with Kilmore, has local community groups joining forces to promote the proposal. Representatives of the Wallan Environment Group (WEG), Mitchell Bicycle User Group(MBUG), and the [...]

2024-04-29T21:05:47+10:00April 29, 2024|Uncategorized|

Friends help Biodiversity

With the O'Keefe Rail Trail being a longitudinal connector for identified areas of significant biodiversity, care for this important link is being assisted by the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail members. 'The Crew' is [...]

2024-04-27T06:30:53+10:00April 27, 2024|Uncategorized|

Supporting the O’Keefe Challenge

The community supported O’Keefe Challenge 2024 successfully held its annual running events on Sunday, 21st April, with a total field of 932 participants. Runners in 10km event. Photo: Garry Long In near perfect weather conditions, [...]

2024-04-25T11:46:41+10:00April 25, 2024|Uncategorized|

Light The Trail Success

Riders were keen to get right into the lighting mood and also in colourful costumes for the annual Light the Trail night ride on the O'Keefe Rail Trail. Rider enthusiasm Photo: Tim Laugher Riding from [...]

2024-04-22T08:52:11+10:00April 22, 2024|Uncategorized|

Friends Volunteer Efforts

While out riding, running, or walking along the O'Keefe Rail Trail, do people wonder how this trail has been supported by volunteers? Installing a road crossing sign, 2016 Photo: G.Long Community group Friends of the [...]

2024-04-14T14:28:27+10:00April 14, 2024|Uncategorized|
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