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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
What a memorable experience cyclist Pam Erny had as a volunteer with the Cycling Without Age program. Pam's Castlemaine based residential care passenger, Herb, is 102 years old and going on 103 later in 2024. [...]
"Just build it, and they will come" is often a statement made about proposed community facilities. The Northern Rivers Rail Trail (NRRT), in NSW, has been such a project. The NRRT committee is feeling mighty [...]
As time passes, the O'Keefe Rail Trail facilities are being impacted by weather events and aging. The Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail group members monitor the condition of both the trail itself, as well [...]