Without a direct O'Keefe Rail Trail link between Heathcote and Tooborac, as yet, the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail group's Wednesday social ride plan chose to select quite country roads as the alternate to [...]
What better way to spend time with friends than to cycle a rail trail! So before Summer Daylight Savings ends in Victoria, members of the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail headed off to experience [...]
What a memorable experience cyclist Pam Erny had as a volunteer with the Cycling Without Age program. Pam's Castlemaine based residential care passenger, Herb, is 102 years old and going on 103 later in 2024. [...]
"Just build it, and they will come" is often a statement made about proposed community facilities. The Northern Rivers Rail Trail (NRRT), in NSW, has been such a project. The NRRT committee is feeling mighty [...]
As time passes, the O'Keefe Rail Trail facilities are being impacted by weather events and aging. The Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail group members monitor the condition of both the trail itself, as well [...]
There was enjoyment to be had for riders cycling Bendigo's urban trails on a regular monthly Wednesday ride in February. Those trails included the O'Keefe Rail Trail, Bendigo Creek Trail, Back Creek Trail, and the [...]
The City of Greater Bendigo council is seeking community input to guide the O'Keefe Rail Trail's future. A draft plan has now been published to guide the trail's future development and management, as well as [...]
Have you ever thought how wonderful it would be to be taken for a ride in a trishaw? To be offered a mini 'escape' from your residence, to experience the wind in your face with [...]
The satisfaction of volunteering plus helping the environment's biodiversity can be a very rewarding experience. This was very evident when Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail members volunteered to assist the City of Greater Bendigo [...]
The O'Keefe Rail Trail had to be closed in January at its Lake Eppalock crossing, due to being completely submerged by high water levels. Subsequently, the trail had sustained damage plus deposited debris. While many [...]