740 people support car-free trail
Best practice for rail trails is to close them to motorised traffic - they're designed for walkers and runners, cyclists and horse riders. But a recent 135-signature petition called for the council to keep the [...]
New bridge coming over the Campaspe
In late February the tender to construct a new trail pedestrian/bike/horse bridge over the Campaspe River at Axedale was awarded. The bridge-only construction work is expected to be completed in about five weeks, assuming various [...]
Axedale Racecourse platform reincarnated
Last year we started on a recreation of the Rifle Butts platform. Once again, a lot of sweat on the part of the Friends and more generous business support saw a representative platform created near [...]
Friends plan a visit to High Country Rail Trail
It's not all hard work digging post holes and shovelling fill as a member of the Friends. We often plan trips to check out other rail trails. In April (Saturday 20 and Sunday 21) we're [...]
Clean Up Australia Day cleans up the creek
This year the Friends tackled the area of Bendigo Creek, the Bendigo Creek Trail, and a short section of the O’Keefe Rail Trail. Forty-one people, including members of Northern Bendigo Landcare, got together with gloves [...]
Trail upgrades in Junortoun
As well as extending the trail, the City of Greater Bendigo has also been upgrading the existing trail surface, to repair the likes of stormwater damage hazards etc. Lately, they’ve been working in Bendigo East [...]
Submission to Mitchell Shire’s 2013-2017 Council Plan
Way back in January, the Friends and Mitchell BUG prepared a submission to the Mitchell Shire Council recommending that it include plans for a new Wandong to Heathcote Rail Trail in its council plan for [...]
Mile post gets a make-over
As far as we know, there was only one mile post still standing when the works on the trail extension began. Number 96 had weathered the winds of change, but was looking a bit tired [...]
Trail training for Oxfam walk
In January, the O’Keefe Rail Trail played host to Captain Walksalot and the Blister Sisters - four nurses from Bendigo Health who are training for the Oxfam Trailwalker in April. The 100 km walk over [...]
Where did all the stations go?
There's not a great deal of all the stations that used to dot the railway line. You'd have been hard pressed to even know where most of the stations were - until now. A long-term [...]