Thank You!
Assistance provided to Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail during 2015 and early 2016 has not gone unnoticed. A number of companies, organisations, and City of Greater Bendigo staff, have all assisted the Friends group [...]
Knowsley is on the map
The sleepy hamlet of Knowsley has been highlighted yet again by the O’Keefe Rail Trail. Back in April-May 2015, the last sections to be constructed for the trail’s extension would see Knowsley as the focal [...]
Active transport and a safe way to escape!
Just imagine escaping from suburbia, being able to easily walk or ride your bike to an off-road trail through treed corridors in natural bushland settings. Not too difficult for some, especially those who live within [...]
A Slice of Railway History
Well before the O’Keefe Rail Trail was even thought about, there was the Wandong, Heathcote, Sandhurst (Bendigo) Railway. Today many people may not realise what such a railway meant for those early communities of Heathcote, [...]
Looking for your feedback!
How to assist make the new and extended O’Keefe Rail Trail even better, ......even longer? The Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail are keen to capture feedback from users of this great trail, whatever the [...]
New community provided trail facilities
Looking for some creature comforts to take a ‘5 minute rest’ or two, perhaps to have a picnic while out on the O'Keefe Rail Trail? Over the past 4 weeks, users of the O’Keefe Rail [...]
Slim Tall Numbered Creations in Concrete!
All lined up in a row, starkly painted white, yet with nowhere to go! What could these items be... futuristic headstones or links into history, totem poles of worship, maybe seafaring markers, mysterious sequenced numbers [...]
Lions Club of Heathcote – Thank You!
Sunday, 3rd January 2016 was another notable day for the O’Keefe Rail Trail and the Lions Club of Heathcote. This day saw signage, recognising the contribution that the Lions Club of Heathcote has made in [...]
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, [...]
Official Opening – O’Keefe Rail Trail
The official opening of the O'Keefe Rail Trail extension will take place on Monday 21st December in Heathcote. Hon Jacinta Allan MP Minister for Transport will officially open the new section of the O'Keefe Rail [...]