Trail Works for the Future
It’s easy to be a regular user of the O’Keefe Rail Trail and assume that nothing new has been happening for this popular 50km trail! Reality can be quite different; yet can those changes be [...]
Funding for Trail Supports Tourism
Community determination and fund raising efforts has paid dividends, with the Castlemaine-Maryborough Rail Trail being the beneficiary of a feasibility report grant. The Victorian government’s Enabling Tourism Fund will invest $120,000, adding to locally committed [...]
Riders, Railway Bridges and Country Pubs
Getting up close to inspiring old timber railway bridges and enjoying a country pub lunch were just some of the experiences that riders had, while on the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail group’s monthly [...]
Community Walk Marks Trail
Community members shared a special goal with an historic walk to mark a section of the proposed Castlemaine to Maryborough Rail Trail. The walk took place along the closed former Castlemaine to Maryborough railway, between [...]
Trail Upgrade Works in Progress
Notice for all O'Keefe Rail Trail users. Trail upgrade works are underway in the section Bennetts Rd to Hodges Lane in Junortoun. Please obey warning signs, respect any directional requests being made by the contractor's [...]
Night Ride Lights Up the O’Keefe Rail Trail
The O’Keefe Challenge’s ‘Light The Trail’ 2022 night ride event saw riders being able to choose two distances to cycle after dark, both utilising the O’Keefe Rail Trail on Friday 13 May. One option was [...]
Marathon and More Run Rail Trail
Crowds watched the finish of the O’Keefe Challenge running events on Sunday 1 May in Heathcote’s Barrack Reserve, as event runners arrived from the Marathon (42.195kms), Half Marathon, 10km Run, 5km Run/Walk, 1km Kids Dash [...]
Explored the Forest in Maiden Gully
Well away from road traffic, exploring off-road forest tracks as well as the site of a former historic eucalyptus oil distillery, members of the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail enjoying this and more during [...]
Glow In the Dark Rail Trail!
The City of Greater Bendigo is trialling the installation of photoluminescent (glow in the dark) line marking along a section of the Bendigo Creek Trail as well as a connecting short asphalt section of the [...]
O’Keefe Rail Trail Attracts Funding
The City of Greater Bendigo council’s proposed 2022/2023 Budget has been made public for community feedback. In a media release by the council’s Mayor and CEO, this included a statement that “The proposed Budget includes [...]