Museum
O'Keefe Rail Trail
6 locals recommend
Location
Axedale, VIC
Tips from locals
The O'Keefe Rail Trail is fantastic to do on the bike. Ride from Bendigo all the way out to Heathcote. It's awesome.
Travellers have been taking this historic journey from Bendigo to Heathcote since 1888, when the railway line first linked the towns. Trains stopped running in 1956, and the route lay largely dormant until the first section of the O’Keefe Rail Trail opened in 1993. Today the recreational trail beside the old railway line again allows users to journey the full 50 kilometres, albeit at a slightly slower pace. It’s just as well too, as there’s lots to take in.
Travellers have been taking this historic journey from Bendigo to Heathcote since 1888, when the railway line first linked the towns. Trains stopped running in 1956, and the route lay largely dormant until the first section of the O’Keefe Rail Trail opened in 1993. Today the recreational trail bes…