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, [...]
#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 [...]
A new looook for O’Keefe Rail Trail
Men at Work! Friends members Steve Boswell and Mal Ward on the paint brush Over time, some dust settles, paint fades, and spiders weave their webs! So it was for the O’Keefe [...]
Hardworking committee re-elected
Members of the Friends have re-elected their hardworking committee at yesterday's AGM. These people will be steering us through the next year: President: Garry Long Vice-president: Les Lewis General secretary: Colin Campbell Treasurer: Colin Campbell [...]
Particular interest? We have a place for you.
Got a passion you’d like to indulge? Historical research, historical reconstruction, social media and communications, graphic design, events organisation, strategic planning… Whatever your interests or skills, we can give you the opportunity to stretch your [...]
Bendigo-Daylesford trail links
Rail trails form links between communities in more ways than on the ground. Members of the Friends recently met with representatives from the steering group of the proposed Daylesford-Macedon rail trail to share experiences. The [...]
Time to renew your membership
It's time to renew your membership of the Friends - or sign up if you're not already a member. The rail trail project is really gaining wheels now with construction to start soon in Heathcote. [...]
Rifle Butts replica completed
While council contractors have been working on the new bridge, the Friends have been busy reconstructing a near replica of the Rifle Butts platform. The original platform was demolished, when the last small section of [...]