Reflections
With another New Years Eve celebrations having now concluded, this may have some people reflecting on the past as well as anticipating the new year ahead. The proactive Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail community [...]
Victorian Goldfields Railway trail ride
The Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail "last Wednesday of the month ride" in August saw a group ride the Victorian Goldfields Railway trail from Castlemaine to Maldon. When: Wednesday, August 28th 2024 Where: Castlemaine [...]
Council adopts O’Keefe Rail Trail Plan
Following community consultation, the Greater Bendigo City Council has adopted a plan to guide the ongoing development, management and promotion of the O’Keefe Rail Trail at the recent Council meeting. This is great news for [...]
Rail Trail, One Tree Hill, and the Tram Cafe
For May's 'Last Wednesday of the Month Ride' activity, this was full of different challenges for the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail members. Beginning on the O'Keefe Rail Trail, the group soon linked onto [...]
Rail Trail, a Good Neighbour
The small township of Knowsley and adjoining neighbours of the O'Keefe Rail Trail will benefit from recent community volunteers' efforts, as well as improving the trail's linking of high biodiversity areas. Preparing for planting. Photo: [...]
Trail Signs for Reserves
What did you do on Friday 13th, perhaps nothing if you are superstitious! Yet six members of the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail, plus one member from the Junortoun Community Action Group, were out [...]
Rust Replaced By Railway Splendor
Rusting away for decades at the Korumburra Railway Station yards, one HY/GY railway wagon was fortunate to be ‘rescued’ by the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail community group! Being one of a total of [...]
Rail Trail Bridge Naming
Some of the often admired engineering features of railway lines are the tunnels, bridges and cuttings. The former railway that the 50 km long O’Keefe Rail Trail between Bendigo and Heathcote occupies did not have [...]
Reflecting upon the Past and the Present
Being able to take time out, while out exercising and exploring the O'Keefe Rail Trail, to reflect upon elements of history and also more recent rail trail activity is one of the options currently available [...]
New Railway Attraction on the O’Keefe Rail Trail
The impact that the Victorian Railways had on the economies of many small communities, as well as the larger cities during the 20th century, can easily be overlooked. Not only did the railways provide important [...]