Tony and “Ammo”
You may spot a couple of close mates out along the stretch of the O'Keefe Rail Trail, somewhere near Strickland Road, East Bendigo. His name is Tony Lester, and his faithful companion is “Ammo”. Tony [...]
Enjoying a Winter Trail Ride Experience
Watching the kangaroos feeding adjacent the O’Keefe Rail Trail was not the only sights to be seen for Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail members participated in their ‘Winter Trail Ride’ from Bendigo to Heathcote [...]
White Ribbon Day Walk – 2015
The annual White Ribbon Day event, which also marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, saw supporters walk through the central business district of Bendigo on Wednesday, November 25, 2015. [...]
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, [...]
Cycling Fun and Information – Heathcote Bush Market 7 Nov
FreeWheeling Fun and the Friends of the Bendigo Kilmore Rail Trail groups will both be at the Heathcote Bush Market this Saturday 7-NOV, in Barrick Reserve next to the Visitor Information Centre. The 'Your Rail [...]
Melbourne Metro trails
What a day it was, what an experience had by those who rode the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail’s September ride activity, the Craigieburn to Southern Cross Station (SCS) Melbourne trail ride on Saturday [...]
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 [...]
Underpass improves access to trail
Works to bypass Weeroona Avenue Bendigo, for trail users, near completion. Photo: City of Greater Bendigo Works are nearing completion on a new pedestrian/bicycle underpass at Weeroona Avenue Bendigo. The path uses the [...]
Paris Brest Paris 1200 preparations!!
An extract, from the 13th June 2015 Bendigo Cycling Network Weekly Update e-newsletter, comes from Peter Carr's Audax Report for the Paris Brest Paris 1200 preparations : “Training for the PBP 1200 is going well [...]
The first but not the last!
All sections of the O’Keefe Rail Trail were opened on Friday 15th May to the public, and this status was posted on the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail’s web ‘News’ page late on the [...]