On behalf of local community groups, the Friends of the Bendigo–Kilmore Rail Trail (FBKRT) have been awarded a $38,252 Tiny Towns Fund grant from Regional Development Victoria (RDV), to support the revitalisation of the High [...]
While it has been 57 years since a train last stopped at High Camp Railway Station, the old platform recently came alive again — this time with more than 30 volunteers clearing years of overgrowth [...]
A strong spirit of participation and community support was on display during a Friends of the Bendigo–Kilmore Rail Trail's working bee held on 12 December. Despite the warm summer weather, dedicated volunteers turned out to [...]
To assist the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail community group providing additional O'Keefe Rail Trail facilities, as well as advocating for extending this trail to Wallan and Rushworth, individuals can become fundraisers. This is [...]
The Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail (FBKRT) recently donated $255 to the Heathcote SES Unit to help with fundraising to purchase a 4WD Medium Rescue Truck. As mentioned in a recent post [http://bendigokilmorerailtrail.com/2024/12/12/friends-christmas-year-end-celebration], every [...]
For the first 20 years, the original Bendigo-Axedale section of the O’Keefe Rail Trail had just four aging ‘recovered’ bench seats installed in 1994, as the only trail user facilities. When the Friends of the [...]
Imagine an off-road trail running all the way from Melbourne to Bendigo, through towns like Wallan, Heathcote Junction, Kilmore, Pyalong, Tooborac, Heathcote, Axedale and including the now O'Keefe Rail Trail. How can you help to [...]
Help for cyclists needing to fix their bike on the O'Keefe Rail Trail has just been installed, perhaps a first for a rail trail in Australia! The provision of a Bike Repair Station has been [...]
Community helping community can equate to great outcomes for many! Such has seen the Strathfieldsaye & Districts Community Enterprise supporting further development of the O'Keefe Rail Trail user facilities, through the awarding of a 2018 [...]
Greater City of Bendigo Councillor Yvonne Wrigglesworth's published blog on 20th October 2018 has made reference to attending the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail AGM and the benefits to be gained from rail trail [...]
