A Trail of Two Tunnels!
The O’Keefe Rail Trail has two tunnels, yet were they initially built as tunnels for trains? Unlike many tunnels on rail trails built upon former railway alignments, both these trail tunnels have never had trains [...]
Nature and a bridge caused headaches!
The original contractor of the Bendigo to Heathcote section for the Wandong, Heathcote, Sandhurst Railway probably had many sleepless nights when building the original railway bridge over Axe Creek. In 1887, when travelling along the [...]
Dangerous crossing fixed on a Bendigo Trail
How to make a local trail, directly networked to the O’Keefe Rail Trail in North Bendigo, a whole lot safer? Thanks to the efforts of the City of Greater Bendigo staff and Councillors, the Bendigo [...]
The Knowsley Forest gains a rail trail
Progress of constructing the extension for O’Keefe Rail Trail has now connected Axedale with the Knowsley Forest, and the township of Knowsley is within eye sight! Work within the Knowsley Forest is nearing completion, as [...]
New rail trail ‘pavilion’ expected
Heathcote and the O’Keefe Rail Trail will become the beneficiaries of a recent contract signing. A major project for the Lions Club of Heathcote formally began with the signing of ‘Agreement to Construct Ironbark Timber [...]
Bridges return to the former railway line
For the past 56 years since the former railway line closed in the Heathcote to Knowsley area, only failing timber piles from those railway bridges were the visible reminders of these once important structures. Now [...]
Volunteers help build a great rail trail
Community volunteer involvement continues for the current O’Keefe Rail Trail project, while contractor's work edges the trail’s extension forward between Heathcote and Axedale. The Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail group advises the City of [...]
Commitment to fund feasibility study
The 2014 Victorian State elections have resulted in a change of government, with the new Premier Daniel Andrews and his government ministers taking the oath of office in front of Governor Alex Chernov at Government [...]
Exciting Vision of the O’Keefe Rail Trail
Ever wondered what the O’Keefe Rail Trail looks like from an aerial view perspective? What flora and fauna is within the natural environment that this rail trail transverses? Bendigo Tourism has commissioned an amazing video [...]
Rail Trail Xmas Ride
It was a colourful eye catching Christmas ride and lunch for those on the annual Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail. Wearing the group’s new jersey colours, twenty members of the Friends group enjoyed riding sections [...]