New bridge is near completion
The current O'Keefe Rail Trail project has had a number of milestones over the past four years, none more prominent than the new trail bridges. The latest is the 9th new bridge that is now [...]
Bridging a Trail Vision
The current O’Keefe Rail Trail project continues between Axedale and Heathcote towns. This exciting new extension has recently shown the public new indications of where the trail's route will be, along lost sections of the [...]
Rail Trail Upgrades
With the support of the City of Greater Bendigo Council staff and Councillors, upgrade maintenance works continue to improve the older sections of the O’Keefe Rail Trail. Bridges Two aging timber trail bridges, between McIvor [...]
Axedale area bypass nearing completion
Much has been happening with the construction of new sections of the O'Keefe Rail Trail extension by City of Greater Bendigo Council contractors. Due to land use change (the golf course, a bluestone quarry expansion, [...]
New picnic tables, seats and bike racks
The O’Keefe Rail Trail's extension is progressing, through Axedale, the Campaspe River Reserve, the new McIvor Highway trail ‘tunnel’ (underpass), over a new Campaspe River trail bridge, and is now heading off in an easterly [...]
Heathcote Lions Club’s rail trail focus
The new 3.2km section of the O’Keefe Rail Trail through the Heathcote urban area is completed, and 'open for business'. The use of this new walking and riding trail has gained much local support, as [...]
A new looook for O’Keefe Rail Trail
Men at Work! Friends members Steve Boswell and Mal Ward on the paint brush Over time, some dust settles, paint fades, and spiders weave their webs! So it was for the O’Keefe [...]
Axedale tunnel nears completion
Ramp it up: it will soon be a smooth ride from one side of McIvor Highway to the other On our way back from the Wallan Market yesterday, we stopped to check progress [...]
New section of trail heads to Knowsley
Looking back: the view from the new section of trail to the Campaspe bridge and Axedale While the Axedale cycle tunnel nears completion, work has just been completed on the first section of [...]
Light at the end of the Axedale tunnel
After a long weekend of work, there is now a tunnel under the McIvor Highway. When it's open to pedestrians and cyclists (very soon) you'll be able to take the trail down along the river [...]