Caution – Works in Progress
Upgrading of a 26 year old section of the O'Keefe Rail Trail, by the City of Greater Bendigo's contractor, is currently in progress. This section is between Wilkie Rd Junortoun and Longlea Ln, Longlea. Due [...]
Rail Trail Bridge Naming
Some of the often admired engineering features of railway lines are the tunnels, bridges and cuttings. The former railway that the 50 km long O’Keefe Rail Trail between Bendigo and Heathcote occupies did not have [...]
New Life for Trail Seats
For the first 20 years, the original Bendigo-Axedale section of the O’Keefe Rail Trail had just four aging ‘recovered’ bench seats installed in 1994, as the only trail user facilities. When the Friends of the [...]
Seek Alternative Route
For local users of the O’Keefe Rail Trail during the week 20 – 24 April, whether commuting or out for some exercise, there will be a section of the trail closed in the East Bendigo [...]
Trail Improvements for User Safety
While out exercising on the O’Keefe Rail Trail during COVID19 restrictions as a local resident, have you experienced the upgraded section of the trail close to Axedale? This aging 27 year old degraded trail section, [...]
Railway Wagon Restoration Progresses
The restoration of the O’Keefe Rail Trail’s heritage railway wagon has progressed, under the watchful eye of Bendigo Railway Workshops’ (BRW) Alan Nicolson and Mark Birchmore. Sandblasting of the known areas of metal rust corrosion [...]
O’Keefe Rail Trail – Section Closure
The Lake Eppalock section of the O'Keefe Rail Trail will be closed to the public from Monday 25th November to Friday 8th December, 6am to 6pm daily for track upgrade works. O'Keefe Rail Trail [...]
New Road Underpasses for Trail
Construction work has begun on building new road underpasses, as part of improving the Bendigo urban off-road trail network. This work will link the Spring Gully Trail to the Bendigo Creek Trail, plus eliminate the [...]
Bendigo Urban Trail Network Focus
The popularity of commuting by bike or walking is on the increase in Bendigo. With past development of urban trails and paths in the Bendigo urban area, this has seen many of these pathways isolated [...]
Three plus One!
What do these three fellas have in common? Ken, Richard and Lindsay out on the O'Keefe Rail Trail. 16 Dec 2015. Photo: Les Lewis Too difficult to answer? All are members of [...]