Coastal Trails and Friends
With the opportunity for a cycling 'escape', some members of the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail headed off to enjoy trails at the Victorian coast. With a 4-day adventure planned, based at Queenscliff on [...]
Murchison Rushworth Rail Trail Proceeds Westwards
While Murchison Rushworth Rail Trail had the Greater Shepparton City Council and the State Government funding this trail's initial construction project, resulting in the official opening of a trail section between Murchison and Channel Inlet [...]
A Social Cycle with Friends
Regular activities are planned for members of the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail, for both social connections as well as some exercise. In 2022, a regular 'last Wednesday of the month' social rides have [...]
Help Castlemaine to Marybourgh Rail Trail make history
The Castlemaine to Marbourgh Rail Trail (CMRT) committee is encouraging local communities and supporters of rail trails to donate and make history, in just four short weeks. What’s at stake is a rare and exciting [...]
Bikes on Buses Benefits O’Keefe Trail
The O'Keefe Rail Trail cyclists will soon be able to include the Bendigo-Heathcote PTV bus as an option to catch a bus and bring their bicycles with them, thanks to the State Government's Bikes on [...]
Works Benefits Trail Users
Maintenance works are in progress on the O’Keefe Rail Trail, following trail user feedback provided to the City of Greater Bendigo council by the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail. The feedback was related to [...]
Ride the Reservoirs
It certainly was a hot 26th January Australia Day for 2022, yet that didn’t deter members of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail group from getting involved with the group’s January social ride activity. The planned ride [...]
Hidden Valley rail trail preserving natural values
The North Central Review newspaper posted a story in its 18 January edition, which reported on the December 2021 community working bee that was conducted on a 1.2km section of the former railway line between [...]
VicJam 2022 riding the O’Keefe Rail Trail
More than 7,000 children and adults took part in an 11-day Scouts Victoria jamboree, known as ‘VicJam 2022’, this $5.5 million event was based at the Elmore Events Centre from 28 December. There are plenty [...]
Support for Heathcote Food Share
The Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail are not only passionate about the rail trail; they’re also passionate about the communities the trail passes through. At the recent Christmas lunch, held at the Heathcote Wine [...]