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 [...]
Full Steam Ahead for CMRT
The Castlemaine Maryborough Rail Trail [CMRT] is moving forward, with another step taken in the community's quest to build a world-class rail trail in Central Victoria. The Central Goldfields and Mount Alexander Shire Councils have [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Cycling Without Age
Have you ever thought how wonderful it would be to be taken for a ride in a trishaw? To be offered a mini 'escape' from your residence, to experience the wind in your face with [...]