Bicycles, Bike Racks and Cycle Tourists
The O'Keefe Rail Trail linked Heathcote to Axedale and Bendigo in mid 2015, then officially opened on 21 Dec 2015. An increasing number of cyclists and walkers were coming to town , seeking food, wine, [...]
Rail Trail Feasibility Study Begins
The Wallan to Heathcote Rail Trail feasibility study formally began on 22 February 2016, with the selected principle consultants RMCG meeting with the study’s Steering Committee. The major funding for this study has been provided [...]
Active transport and a safe way to escape!
Just imagine escaping from suburbia, being able to easily walk or ride your bike to an off-road trail through treed corridors in natural bushland settings. Not too difficult for some, especially those who live within [...]
Looking for your feedback!
How to assist make the new and extended O’Keefe Rail Trail even better, ......even longer? The Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail are keen to capture feedback from users of this great trail, whatever the [...]
The trail is now officially open
Its official, the O’Keefe Rail Trail's latest extension between Axedale and Heathcote is now open for business. Monday 21 December 2015 saw Jacinta Allan, Member for Bendigo East and Minister for Public Transport and Employment, [...]
Official Opening – O’Keefe Rail Trail
The official opening of the O'Keefe Rail Trail extension will take place on Monday 21st December in Heathcote. Hon Jacinta Allan MP Minister for Transport will officially open the new section of the O'Keefe Rail [...]
More than just trees!
Were you involved in the City of Greater Bendigo’s National Tree Planting Day in July 2014? This activity was focussed on a patch of unloved ground, adjacent to the O’Keefe Rail Trail and off Herriot [...]
Your trail map and brochures
Need some ‘escape’ planning ideas and information? With the O'Keefe Rail Trail now providing a continuous trail connection between Heathcote, Axedale and Bendigo, this trail is attracting an increasing number of users every week. Of [...]
Trail Counting – 24/7
Are you being countered as an O’Keefe Rail Trail user? How? No, there is not a volunteer sitting behind a tree with pencil and paper counting each cyclist or walker passing along on this trail! [...]
New O’Keefe Rail Trail Video
The O’Keefe Rail Trail has recently been upgraded and extended from Axedale to Heathcote, making this a continuous 49km rail trail between Bendigo, Axedale and Heathcote. As an exciting new development for the region, this [...]