Rather than travelling to Bendigo by horse and dray—as Cornish miners and their families did during the 19th century gold rush—members of the Friends of the Bendigo–Kilmore Rail Trail are currently retracing history by bicycle. [...]
While riding or walking the O’Keefe Rail Trail, have you ever glanced at the adjacent scattered boulders in the Derrinal area and given little thought to how they came to rest there? It may surprise [...]
Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail (FBKRT) members recently installed five new interpretive signs on the O’Keefe Rail Trail (OKRT), providing interesting historical information relevant to the site where they are installed. One sign, at [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A proud day for the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail members, to finally have the only locally manufactured item of heritage railway rolling stock now on public display in the Bendigo area. This wagon [...]
The restoration of the O’Keefe Rail Trail’s heritage railway wagon has progressed, under the watchful eye of Bendigo Railway Workshops’ (BRW) Alan Nicolson and Mark Birchmore. Sandblasting of the known areas of metal rust corrosion [...]
Rail trails evoke the interest of many people, some for their health and wellbeing/fitness, some exploring and experiencing the local natural environment or food/wine, while others seek out elements relating to the former railway. To [...]
