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 [...]
Underpass improves access to trail
Works to bypass Weeroona Avenue Bendigo, for trail users, near completion. Photo: City of Greater Bendigo Works are nearing completion on a new pedestrian/bicycle underpass at Weeroona Avenue Bendigo. The path uses the [...]
The Latest News!
While the current O’Keefe Rail Trail upgrade and extension project continues for the Axedale - Heathcote extension, the Knowsley area and Mt Ida Creek-Lake Eppalock sections are both currently CLOSED to the public. The [...]
Rail Trail Improvements Continue
Soil erosion, collapsed culverts, loss of gravel surface, retained stormwater, exposed rock reefs were just some of what O’Keefe Rail Trail users have endured over a number of years. Yet that situation, in the Bendigo-Axedale [...]
Dangerous crossing fixed on a Bendigo Trail
How to make a local trail, directly networked to the O’Keefe Rail Trail in North Bendigo, a whole lot safer? Thanks to the efforts of the City of Greater Bendigo staff and Councillors, the Bendigo [...]
The Knowsley Forest gains a rail trail
Progress of constructing the extension for O’Keefe Rail Trail has now connected Axedale with the Knowsley Forest, and the township of Knowsley is within eye sight! Work within the Knowsley Forest is nearing completion, as [...]
Bridges return to the former railway line
For the past 56 years since the former railway line closed in the Heathcote to Knowsley area, only failing timber piles from those railway bridges were the visible reminders of these once important structures. Now [...]
Missing ’80 mile’ marker post returns
One by one, the missing historic railway marker posts (mile posts) are returning to the former Wandong (Wallan) to Bendigo Railway reserve. Most of the original concrete posts were removed when the recovery of the [...]
Trail construction continues in the Derrinal area
Work continues on extending the O’Keefe Rail Trail from Axedale to Heathcote, with the Derrinal area being the current focus. A challenging area for trail planning and construction, the decision to place a certain section [...]
Construction update – Lake Eppalock area
Good progress is being made on the Lake Eppalock-Mt Ida Creek section of the O'Keefe Rail Trail extension project. These photos were taken during April 2014, and show sections of the associated earthworks that will [...]