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 [...]
Three plus One!
What do these three fellas have in common? Ken, Richard and Lindsay out on the O'Keefe Rail Trail. 16 Dec 2015. Photo: Les Lewis Too difficult to answer? All are members of [...]
More than just trees!
Were you involved in the City of Greater Bendigo’s National Tree Planting Day in July 2014? This activity was focussed on a patch of unloved ground, adjacent to the O’Keefe Rail Trail and off Herriot [...]
Trail Counting – 24/7
Are you being countered as an O’Keefe Rail Trail user? How? No, there is not a volunteer sitting behind a tree with pencil and paper counting each cyclist or walker passing along on this trail! [...]
Friends AGM 2015
The Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail Inc. held its sixth AGM on 22 Sept 2015. The well attended meeting was amazed by guest speaker Linda Beilharz’s adventurers as a polar explorer, having successfully make [...]
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 [...]