Light the Trail
The O’Keefe Challenge came back in 2021 bigger than ever, with a record 1,180 entries across the night ride, running and relay events. Not only a great experience and a physical test for entrants, the [...]
Ride to Support Local Communities
The ‘Cycle Dindi’ event returned to the scenic Great Victorian Rail Trail on Saturday, 17 April 2021, this being its fifth year organised jointly by the Rotary Clubs of Yea and Alexandra. With the attractions of [...]
Sunrise for School Students
With parents delivering bikes in cars or trailers, and children gathering together, the rural setting of Longlea’s Peppercorn Park was not the normal place for the Axedale Primary School’s Principle watching over her pupils. It [...]
Heathcote Students Ride2School
As the early sunrise produced shafts of light through the trees within the One Eye Forest, highlighting cyclists waiting on the O’Keefe Rail Trail, what were these riders waiting for? It was an exciting time [...]
Needing a reason to escape to the country?
Planning a trail ride or walk over Easter with friends? Or wondering where to next explore rural Victoria that combines some exercise with enjoying food and refreshments at a cafe, a restaurant, winery or boutique [...]
O’Keefe’s connection with Tooborac?
Over the past 28 years, the O'Keefe Rail Trail has extended along the former 'Wandong, Heathcote, Sandhurst railway line' to be now approximately 50kms between Bendigo and Heathcote. A 2018 feasibility study's report determined that [...]
Experience the New Year with O’Keefe
What a year 2020 has been! So many challenges for the world's population, including for those who love an escape to enjoy what off-road trails have to offer. Yet for many in COVID19 lock-downs, such [...]
Bikes on Buses for O’Keefe Trail
Have you ever been riding or walking the O’Keefe Rail Trail and suddenly needed transport means back to your starting point? Perhaps you were planning for a one direction only, or had a bike mechanical [...]
Lions Club Promotes Heathcote to Trail Users
The O’Keefe Rail Trail users are now able to be more informed, about Heathcote’s points of interest and attractions. The Heathcote Lions Club recently initiated a project to have two new information boards designed and [...]
Seeking New Rail Trails
A new community group is advocating for the development of a Castlemaine - Maryborough Rail Trail in central Victoria. This group are looking to transform the disused railway corridor between Castlemaine and Maryborough into a [...]