Temporary Trail Detour
Planning to cycle or walk along the O’Keefe Rail Trail during Monday 1 June and Tuesday 2 June, whether for commuting or out for some exercise with friends? If your plans include one particular section [...]
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 [...]
Seek Alternative Route
For local users of the O’Keefe Rail Trail during the week 20 – 24 April, whether commuting or out for some exercise, there will be a section of the trail closed in the East Bendigo [...]
Trail Improvements for User Safety
While out exercising on the O’Keefe Rail Trail during COVID19 restrictions as a local resident, have you experienced the upgraded section of the trail close to Axedale? This aging 27 year old degraded trail section, [...]
Looking for your rail trail feedback!
Perhaps you have just discovered what many have known about for years, the attractive O'Keefe Rail Trail in central Victoria! Yet there are also those who live in the local area and often think "I [...]
Railway Wagon Returns to Rail Trail
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 [...]
Tell Us What Excited You!
Have you been out enjoying the O’Keefe Rail Trail this Aussie Day long weekend, or recently, and would like to tell the world how good it was? Well if not the world, at least tell [...]
Railway Wagon Restoration Progresses
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 [...]
Trees, Trails and Volunteers
The old saying that “many hands make light work” is often true when it comes to volunteering, and this was the case for the 2019 National Tree Day (NTD). Planning by the City of Greater [...]
Signs for Clear Trail Directions
Not being familiar with any trail can sometimes have some users becoming confused or at worst believe that they are lost! A review of the O'Keefe Rail Trail, by Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail [...]