Ride for Dad – Spring in the Bendigo Bush 2014
As part of the Bendigo Men’s Health Week activities, a Ride for Dad – Spring in the Bendigo Bush 2014 event will have you, family and friends riding the O’Keefe Rail Trail on Saturday 6th [...]
You are invited, to hear the guest speaker
You are invited to the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail AGM, this coming Tuesday 5th August, 6.45pm. The guest speaker will be Scott McGrory AOM, Olympic cycling gold medalist and current commentator for TV [...]
National Tree Day impacts on rail trail
Australia’s largest tree-planting event, National Tree Day-Sunday 27 July 2014, certainly has had an impact on the communities of Axedale and Heathcote as well as the O’Keefe Rail Trail. With the assistance of the Longlea [...]
National Tree Day – Heathcote
The O’Keefe Rail Trail and Heathcote will be the focus of the City of Greater Bendigo National Tree Day activities, with a community planting in Herriot Street between 10.00am and 1.30pm on Sunday July 27, [...]
A nice trail to train!
Like to train on a rail trail? Have you wondered what runners think about the O'Keefe Rail Trail, as a training or open trail experience? Check out this Youtube video that shows Tim Gentle, an [...]
While Watching Winter Wonders
One great escape from your lounge room and TV on a winter’s day, is a walk, run, or on your bike with friends out on the O'Keefe Rail Trail. Now is the time.... Axedale, Longlea, [...]
#MyBendigoBike
You can contribute to a video celebrating all types of cycling in Bendigo. Join in at Rosalind Park Saturday 12 July 9am at the rotunda, with your bike, to film a short group ride of [...]
Be interested, be excited, and get involved!
Interested in hearing about the excitement and participation that Cycle Friendly Bendigo brings, and how the O'Keefe Rail Trail is becoming a key to encouraging recreational cycling and walking in central Victoria? The Friends of [...]
New picnic tables, seats and bike racks
The O’Keefe Rail Trail's extension is progressing, through Axedale, the Campaspe River Reserve, the new McIvor Highway trail ‘tunnel’ (underpass), over a new Campaspe River trail bridge, and is now heading off in an easterly [...]
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 [...]