With the support of the City of Greater Bendigo Council staff and Councillors, upgrade maintenance works continue to improve the older sections of the O’Keefe Rail Trail. Bridges Two aging timber trail bridges, between McIvor [...]
Much has been happening with the construction of new sections of the O'Keefe Rail Trail extension by City of Greater Bendigo Council contractors. Due to land use change (the golf course, a bluestone quarry expansion, [...]
The O’Keefe Rail Trail's extension is progressing, through Axedale, the Campaspe River Reserve, the new McIvor Highway trail ‘tunnel’ (underpass), over a new Campaspe River trail bridge, and is now heading off in an easterly [...]
The new 3.2km section of the O’Keefe Rail Trail through the Heathcote urban area is completed, and 'open for business'. The use of this new walking and riding trail has gained much local support, as [...]
Men at Work! Friends members Steve Boswell and Mal Ward on the paint brush Over time, some dust settles, paint fades, and spiders weave their webs! So it was for the O’Keefe [...]
Ramp it up: it will soon be a smooth ride from one side of McIvor Highway to the other On our way back from the Wallan Market yesterday, we stopped to check progress [...]
Looking back: the view from the new section of trail to the Campaspe bridge and Axedale While the Axedale cycle tunnel nears completion, work has just been completed on the first section of [...]
After a long weekend of work, there is now a tunnel under the McIvor Highway. When it's open to pedestrians and cyclists (very soon) you'll be able to take the trail down along the river [...]
Getting to Knowsley Forest From February you’ll be able to get under the McIvor Highway and over the Campaspe River. That’s when plans start for the next section of trail that will take you the [...]
The gap between Axedale river reserve (where the rail trail currently ends) and the pedestrian bridge over the Campaspe on the other side of the highway is currently closed while a tunnel is constructed under [...]