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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]