O'Keefe Rail Trail. Image credit: Bendigoregion.com.au
The Bendigo Low Line is a planned 4.4km walking and cycling route following Bendigo Creek from Golden Square, through the CBD and out towards Lake Weeroona.
It’s actually a really interesting project. Inspired by New York’s High Line (except ours is obviously the Low Line!), parts of the path run down inside Bendigo’s old bluestone-lined creek channel.
Where does it go?
For visitors, the handy part is that it runs close to quite a few places you might already have on your Bendigo list.
The route links areas around Central Deborah Gold Mine, Rosalind Park, the Golden Dragon Museum, the CBD and Lake Weeroona, so it’ll be easy to combine a ride with a coffee, lunch or a stop at one of the attractions along the way.
It also fills a missing section of the existing Bendigo Creek Trail. From Lake Weeroona, you can continue north towards the Bendigo Botanic Gardens at White Hills, so your ride certainly doesn’t have to finish at the end of the Low Line.
A little different to your usual bike path. One of the great things about this project is that they’re working with the old creek rather than trying to disguise it. Sections of the route pass through heritage-listed nineteenth-century bluestone channels, which gives it a very Bendigo feel.
There are 14 access points planned along the route, generally no more than 500 metres apart, as well as lighting, signs, seating and some landscaping.
Construction is happening in stages, with completed sections opening as work progresses, so it’s worth checking what’s open before you head out.
Between the O’Keefe Rail Trail, Bendigo Creek Trail and the new Low Line, there are going to be some really good options for people who enjoy bringing their bikes away with them.
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