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. [...]
$40 million cycle path fund announced
This looks like a fantastic opportunity to get some action on the O’Keefe rail trail. From the Cycling Promotion Fund’s Information Bulletin 21 April 2009: The Australian Government has published details about the applications and [...]
The Friends convene
It started with an email that Garry Long sent to council asking what's happening about the O'Keefe rail trail. He just happened to cc Eddie Barkla and that started the ball rolling. People who all [...]