Light The Trail Success
Riders were keen to get right into the lighting mood and also in colourful costumes for the annual Light the Trail night ride on the O'Keefe Rail Trail. Rider enthusiasm Photo: Tim Laugher Riding from [...]
Friends Volunteer Efforts
While out riding, running, or walking along the O'Keefe Rail Trail, do people wonder how this trail has been supported by volunteers? Installing a road crossing sign, 2016 Photo: G.Long Community group Friends of the [...]
Full Steam Ahead for CMRT
The Castlemaine Maryborough Rail Trail [CMRT] is moving forward, with another step taken in the community's quest to build a world-class rail trail in Central Victoria. The Central Goldfields and Mount Alexander Shire Councils have [...]
Cycling Country Roads plus a Pub Lunch
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 [...]
Riders Head to High Country
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 [...]
Cycling Without Age at 102 years
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. [...]
Believe, Invest, Achieve Rewards
"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 [...]
Volunteers care for O’Keefe Rail Trail
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 [...]
Bikes and Trails = Trams & Coffees
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 [...]
Seeking Your Input
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 [...]