Trail-making starts in Heathcote in July
The month of July should see machinery start moving into Heathcote to construct the trail through the township. This is really exciting news, as it will be the first major extension of the trail and [...]
Knowsley community meeting addresses trail
The Friends were invited to attend a council-arranged community meeting at Knowsley. Among other items on the agenda were the council plans for the rail trail in the Knowsley area. Together with council’s Manager, Brett [...]
O’Keefe trail signs re-installed at Bendigo start
For a couple of years the start of the O’Keefe rail trail in Bendigo has been a little hard to find. Now the council has installed beautiful new signs near Weeroona Ave on the Bendigo [...]
Working group established at tourism forum
The May community forum organised by the Friends saw a great turnout to discuss Bendigo’s cycle tourism potential. Not only do we have a rail trail under development, but a new mountain bike park is [...]
Bendigo-Daylesford trail links
Rail trails form links between communities in more ways than on the ground. Members of the Friends recently met with representatives from the steering group of the proposed Daylesford-Macedon rail trail to share experiences. The [...]
Time to renew your membership
It's time to renew your membership of the Friends - or sign up if you're not already a member. The rail trail project is really gaining wheels now with construction to start soon in Heathcote. [...]
Heathcote talks rail trail
The Friends set up a stand at last Saturday's Heathcote Bush Market and talked rail trail to anyone who was interested. And there was a lot of interest. Works on the Heathcote end of the [...]
Cycle tourism advisory group established
Last Wednesday's community forum saw a great turnout to discuss Bendigo's cycle tourism potential. A small group of volunteers representing mountain bike and road bike riders, the rail trail and Heathcote community now forms the [...]
Forum looks at Bendigo’s cycle tourism potential
What is Bendigo's cycle tourism potential? How do we harness it to benefit local clubs and businesses? The Friends have organised a forum to ask what other cycling groups and businesses think. If you watched [...]
Exploring the Goulburn River High Country Rail Trail
There’s nothing warms the heart of a rail trail fan like a new rail trail to explore. So while we dream of our own long-distance trail, we decamped to Yea last weekend to check out [...]