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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Friends have been promoting the return of railway station/platform signs to the sites of stations between Bendigo and Heathcote and were successful in applying for a council community grant last year for some of [...]
Dr Sue Beeton, the guru of rail trail research in Australia will be interviewed on ABC Central Vic (91.1 FM - or online) on Wednesday 4 April at around 8.50 am. If you can, tune [...]
We're excited: the new bridge over Axe Creek is now open! No more sliding down the bank to cross the creek - the new bridge crosses at the same elevation as the trail. You can [...]