Way back in January, the Friends and Mitchell BUG prepared a submission to the Mitchell Shire Council recommending that it include plans for a new Wandong to Heathcote Rail Trail in its council plan for [...]
Ever visited a trail in the Hume region? Twelve councils, Hume Regional Development Australia and the Victorian Government are working on a trails strategy for the region. It's looking at developing exsiting trails and the [...]
The Friends were invited to attend a council-arranged community meeting at Knowsley. Among other items on the agenda were the council plans for the rail trail in the Knowsley area. Together with council’s Manager, Brett [...]
The May community forum organised by the Friends saw a great turnout to discuss Bendigo’s cycle tourism potential. Not only do we have a rail trail under development, but a new mountain bike park is [...]
The Friends set up a stand at last Saturday's Heathcote Bush Market and talked rail trail to anyone who was interested. And there was a lot of interest. Works on the Heathcote end of the [...]
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 [...]
Our Bushland Trail champion, Lindsay Clay, has been talking to council, DSE and Parks about lavishing some TLC on this iconic, but much-neglected trail. (See map on bikely.com) We learned recently that a council officer [...]
Have your say - what makes an iconic trail? The Loddon Mallee Region Iconic Trails Strategic Plan is a joint project of ten local governments and number of state government departments to identify potential walking, [...]
Coliban Water We met with Coliban Water and its representative Karin Van Poppel, Property Risk Officer at Coliban Water at the end of September. Coliban Water is keen to support community based recreational development where [...]
Fifty-six people turned up for the Bendigo community briefing about the O’Keefe rail trail and beyond on Monday 13 July. City of Greater Bendigo Crs Rod Campbell and Keith Reynard, both supporters of the project, [...]