Autumn surprises
What a great time of the year autumn can be, while out enjoying parts of the rural environment and points of interest along the O’Keefe Rail Trail. While the Labour Day holiday weekend for 2016 [...]
Rail Trail Feasibility Study Begins
The Wallan to Heathcote Rail Trail feasibility study formally began on 22 February 2016, with the selected principle consultants RMCG meeting with the study’s Steering Committee. The major funding for this study has been provided [...]
Active transport and a safe way to escape!
Just imagine escaping from suburbia, being able to easily walk or ride your bike to an off-road trail through treed corridors in natural bushland settings. Not too difficult for some, especially those who live within [...]
A Slice of Railway History
Well before the O’Keefe Rail Trail was even thought about, there was the Wandong, Heathcote, Sandhurst (Bendigo) Railway. Today many people may not realise what such a railway meant for those early communities of Heathcote, [...]
O’Keefe Rail Trail TV – Episode 2
The O’Keefe Rail Trail TV 'episode 2' has now been posted on YouTube to view. You can subscribe to this YouTube channel, to be sure that you catch the latest news about the O'Keefe Rail [...]
Looking for your feedback!
How to assist make the new and extended O’Keefe Rail Trail even better, ......even longer? The Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail are keen to capture feedback from users of this great trail, whatever the [...]
Launch O’Keefe Rail Trail TV
Would you like to know more about the O’Keefe Rail Trail, for planning a ride or walk, wanting to share information about this trail, seeking the latest news from the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail [...]
New community provided trail facilities
Looking for some creature comforts to take a ‘5 minute rest’ or two, perhaps to have a picnic while out on the O'Keefe Rail Trail? Over the past 4 weeks, users of the O’Keefe Rail [...]
Slim Tall Numbered Creations in Concrete!
All lined up in a row, starkly painted white, yet with nowhere to go! What could these items be... futuristic headstones or links into history, totem poles of worship, maybe seafaring markers, mysterious sequenced numbers [...]
White Ribbon Day Walk – 2015
The annual White Ribbon Day event, which also marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, saw supporters walk through the central business district of Bendigo on Wednesday, November 25, 2015. [...]