Upgrades on the O’Keefe trail
A new off-road path joins the O'Keefe trail at Longlea Lane. For some years past, the trail has meandered partly through private land at Arakoon Water Park. Through our good working relationship with the City [...]
Iconic trails study
Have your say - what makes an iconic trail? The Loddon Mallee Region Iconic Trails Strategic Plan is a joint project of ten local governments and number of state government departments to identify potential walking, [...]
Meetings, meetings
Coliban Water We met with Coliban Water and its representative Karin Van Poppel, Property Risk Officer at Coliban Water at the end of September. Coliban Water is keen to support community based recreational development where [...]
Ride the O’Keefe rail trail this spring
The City of Greater Bendigo and the Friends of the Bendigo-Kilmore Rail Trail are hosting a free community ride along the O'Keefe Rail Trail as part of the Spring in the Bendigo Bush program. The [...]
Bendigo community briefing a success
Fifty-six people turned up for the Bendigo community briefing about the O’Keefe rail trail and beyond on Monday 13 July. City of Greater Bendigo Crs Rod Campbell and Keith Reynard, both supporters of the project, [...]
July community briefing follows a busy June
Community briefing in Bendigo Are you interested in riding or walking on rail trails? Ever wondered what trails can do to benefit your business or community economically? If you are in or close to Bendigo, [...]
Axedale extension and Heathcote for the long weekend
Getting to Axedale Garry Long representing the Friends met with City of Greater Bendigo staff at Axedale earlier this week to look at various options for taking the trail into Axedale - and for getting [...]
Upgrading the O’Keefe trail
The City of Greater Bendigo is supporting a number of applications for funding under the Federal Government's $650 million Jobs Fund including $150,000 for: * Upgrades to the existing trail in the Bendigo urban area [...]
Options for the Axedale extension
Earlier this year, the City of Greater Bendigo received $64,000 as part of the Federal Government's stimulus package to extend the existing O'Keefe trail right into Axedale. Now the council is seeking input into the [...]
Tallarook to Mansfied trail wins $13 million funding
The Australian reported this week that the Goulburn River High Country Rail Trail which will run 134 km from Tallarook to Mansfield has received a $13 million funding commitment from the federal government. [...]