A milestone is reached!
Tuesday 1st July 2014, marked four years since the current O'Keefe Rail Trail Project officially commenced. This date also marked the 21st anniversary of the commencement for the initial trail project, to build the then [...]
New bridge is near completion
The current O'Keefe Rail Trail project has had a number of milestones over the past four years, none more prominent than the new trail bridges. The latest is the 9th new bridge that is now [...]
Federal Senator-elect rides the O’Keefe Rail Trail
Sunday 22nd June 2014 was the day that Federal Senator-elect Janet Rice rode the O’Keefe Rail Trail, from Bendigo to a point east of Axedale. Why? It was part of Janet’s current cycle journey to [...]
Trail Meeting with Deputy Premier Peter Ryan
The benefits of rail trails and what they actually do for regional economies is what Deputy Premier Peter Ryan and National candidate for Euroa Stephanie Ryan both understand very well. Mitchell Bicycle User Group and [...]
Bridging a Trail Vision
The current O’Keefe Rail Trail project continues between Axedale and Heathcote towns. This exciting new extension has recently shown the public new indications of where the trail's route will be, along lost sections of the [...]
Dreaming really big trails
We thought we have a big vision aiming for Kilmore or Wandong. Bill Cawte of West Brunswick has outdone us with his proposal that one trail could join Melbourne to Bendigo by extending the Craigieburn [...]
Council learns from another trail
Four members of the City of Greater Bendigo project team and parks group visited the Goulburn River High Country Rail Trail (GRHCRT) in late February. This was an initiative of the Friends group, with four [...]
Axedale extension and Heathcote for the long weekend
Getting to Axedale Garry Long representing the Friends met with City of Greater Bendigo staff at Axedale earlier this week to look at various options for taking the trail into Axedale - and for getting [...]
Options for the Axedale extension
Earlier this year, the City of Greater Bendigo received $64,000 as part of the Federal Government's stimulus package to extend the existing O'Keefe trail right into Axedale. Now the council is seeking input into the [...]