Heathcote Students Ride2School
As the early sunrise produced shafts of light through the trees within the One Eye Forest, highlighting cyclists waiting on the O’Keefe Rail Trail, what were these riders waiting for? It was an exciting time [...]
Needing a reason to escape to the country?
Planning a trail ride or walk over Easter with friends? Or wondering where to next explore rural Victoria that combines some exercise with enjoying food and refreshments at a cafe, a restaurant, winery or boutique [...]
O’Keefe’s connection with Tooborac?
Over the past 28 years, the O'Keefe Rail Trail has extended along the former 'Wandong, Heathcote, Sandhurst railway line' to be now approximately 50kms between Bendigo and Heathcote. A 2018 feasibility study's report determined that [...]
Experience the New Year with O’Keefe
What a year 2020 has been! So many challenges for the world's population, including for those who love an escape to enjoy what off-road trails have to offer. Yet for many in COVID19 lock-downs, such [...]
Trail Signs for Reserves
What did you do on Friday 13th, perhaps nothing if you are superstitious! Yet six members of the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail, plus one member from the Junortoun Community Action Group, were out [...]
Bikes on Buses for O’Keefe Trail
Have you ever been riding or walking the O’Keefe Rail Trail and suddenly needed transport means back to your starting point? Perhaps you were planning for a one direction only, or had a bike mechanical [...]
Lions Club Promotes Heathcote to Trail Users
The O’Keefe Rail Trail users are now able to be more informed, about Heathcote’s points of interest and attractions. The Heathcote Lions Club recently initiated a project to have two new information boards designed and [...]
Seeking New Rail Trails
A new community group is advocating for the development of a Castlemaine - Maryborough Rail Trail in central Victoria. This group are looking to transform the disused railway corridor between Castlemaine and Maryborough into a [...]
Rust Replaced By Railway Splendor
Rusting away for decades at the Korumburra Railway Station yards, one HY/GY railway wagon was fortunate to be ‘rescued’ by the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail community group! Being one of a total of [...]
New Natural Environment Being Recreated
A piece of forgotten land within the industrial East Bendigo area and adjacent to the O'Keefe Rail Trail, which had consisted of an informal drain and non-native plants due partly to the impacts of the [...]