Axedale Racecourse platform reincarnated
Last year we started on a recreation of the Rifle Butts platform. Once again, a lot of sweat on the part of the Friends and more generous business support saw a representative platform created near [...]
Friends plan a visit to High Country Rail Trail
It's not all hard work digging post holes and shovelling fill as a member of the Friends. We often plan trips to check out other rail trails. In April (Saturday 20 and Sunday 21) we're [...]
Clean Up Australia Day cleans up the creek
This year the Friends tackled the area of Bendigo Creek, the Bendigo Creek Trail, and a short section of the O’Keefe Rail Trail. Forty-one people, including members of Northern Bendigo Landcare, got together with gloves [...]
Mile post gets a make-over
As far as we know, there was only one mile post still standing when the works on the trail extension began. Number 96 had weathered the winds of change, but was looking a bit tired [...]
Trail training for Oxfam walk
In January, the O’Keefe Rail Trail played host to Captain Walksalot and the Blister Sisters - four nurses from Bendigo Health who are training for the Oxfam Trailwalker in April. The 100 km walk over [...]
Christmas ride to Axedale finishes the year
A small group set off from Lake Weroona last Sunday on a festive ride to Axedale for lunch. With those who met us out there, we have nine at Axedale Tavern for lunch. The food [...]
Heathcote – action city
It's all go in Heathcote at the moment. The council's contractors are busy with the town section of the trail, and the Friends are preparing old station sites for their new signs. Trail blazing: [...]
Exploring Melbourne’s inner trails
Members and friends explored Melbourne on a recent July Sunday, via its inner trail network. With a starting point on the Capital City Trail at the Morell Bridge South Yarra, ride Coordinator Neil McKinnon had [...]
Bendigo-Daylesford trail links
Rail trails form links between communities in more ways than on the ground. Members of the Friends recently met with representatives from the steering group of the proposed Daylesford-Macedon rail trail to share experiences. The [...]
Forum looks at Bendigo’s cycle tourism potential
What is Bendigo's cycle tourism potential? How do we harness it to benefit local clubs and businesses? The Friends have organised a forum to ask what other cycling groups and businesses think. If you watched [...]