Works in the pipeline for 2014
Getting to Knowsley Forest From February you’ll be able to get under the McIvor Highway and over the Campaspe River. That’s when plans start for the next section of trail that will take you the [...]
Trail goes under the highway at Axedale
The gap between Axedale river reserve (where the rail trail currently ends) and the pedestrian bridge over the Campaspe on the other side of the highway is currently closed while a tunnel is constructed under [...]
New bridge coming over the Campaspe
In late February the tender to construct a new trail pedestrian/bike/horse bridge over the Campaspe River at Axedale was awarded. The bridge-only construction work is expected to be completed in about five weeks, assuming various [...]
Trail upgrades in Junortoun
As well as extending the trail, the City of Greater Bendigo has also been upgrading the existing trail surface, to repair the likes of stormwater damage hazards etc. Lately, they’ve been working in Bendigo East [...]
Mile post gets a make-over
As far as we know, there was only one mile post still standing when the works on the trail extension began. Number 96 had weathered the winds of change, but was looking a bit tired [...]
Where did all the stations go?
There's not a great deal of all the stations that used to dot the railway line. You'd have been hard pressed to even know where most of the stations were - until now. A long-term [...]
Heathcote – action city
It's all go in Heathcote at the moment. The council's contractors are busy with the town section of the trail, and the Friends are preparing old station sites for their new signs. Trail blazing: [...]
Rejuvinating Bald Hill wooden culvert
While the contractors build the path, our very own historical recreation wizard, Ken Hanson, is busy repairing a wooden culvert that had partly collapsed. The structure is opposite Bald Hill and its previous mine workings, [...]
Axedale and Heathcote town paths
Council contractors have been busy in Axedale and Heathcote on sections of the trail that travel through the towns. Axedale Once upon a time the O’Keefe Rail Trail stopped at the Axedale cemetery. Not any [...]
Station signs go back up
It’s been a long time since they were taken down and now station signs are returning. With the help of a council community grant, council, fundraising by the Friends and a lot of time and [...]