Trail Repair Works
With high rainfall events occurring in 2023, one consequence of the Campaspe River's high flows and flooding was damage to the O'Keefe Rail Trail at Axedale. While temporary works enabled the trail to reopen to [...]
April’s “Last Wednesday” ride
With the winter season approaching, members of the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail enjoyed mild conditions to ride through the Wellsford Forest. The route track, through the Wellsford Forest With the Forest Gallery being [...]
Meeting Local State Member
The thought of having an off-road recreational trail, linking Wallan with Kilmore, has local community groups joining forces to promote the proposal. Representatives of the Wallan Environment Group (WEG), Mitchell Bicycle User Group(MBUG), and the [...]
Friends help Biodiversity
With the O'Keefe Rail Trail being a longitudinal connector for identified areas of significant biodiversity, care for this important link is being assisted by the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail members. 'The Crew' is [...]
Supporting the O’Keefe Challenge
The community supported O’Keefe Challenge 2024 successfully held its annual running events on Sunday, 21st April, with a total field of 932 participants. Runners in 10km event. Photo: Garry Long In near perfect weather conditions, [...]
Light The Trail Success
Riders were keen to get right into the lighting mood and also in colourful costumes for the annual Light the Trail night ride on the O'Keefe Rail Trail. Rider enthusiasm Photo: Tim Laugher Riding from [...]
Friends Volunteer Efforts
While out riding, running, or walking along the O'Keefe Rail Trail, do people wonder how this trail has been supported by volunteers? Installing a road crossing sign, 2016 Photo: G.Long Community group Friends of the [...]
Full Steam Ahead for CMRT
The Castlemaine Maryborough Rail Trail [CMRT] is moving forward, with another step taken in the community's quest to build a world-class rail trail in Central Victoria. The Central Goldfields and Mount Alexander Shire Councils have [...]
Cycling Country Roads plus a Pub Lunch
Without a direct O'Keefe Rail Trail link between Heathcote and Tooborac, as yet, the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail group's Wednesday social ride plan chose to select quite country roads as the alternate to [...]
Riders Head to High Country
What better way to spend time with friends than to cycle a rail trail! So before Summer Daylight Savings ends in Victoria, members of the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail headed off to experience [...]