BENDIGO LONGLEA AXEDALE KNOWSLEY HEATHCOTE 13.4 km 8.1 km 11.4 km 16.1 km LAKE WEEROONA Napier St AXE CREEK LONGLEA AXEDALE BRIDGE RECREATION Axedale is the O'Keefe This 60 metre long structure RESERVE Rail Trail’s halfway point. is the third bridge to be Catch a local cricket or tennis Stop here for a bite to installed at the Axe Creek match, or see dog training crossing, replacing a much eat and to discover Pratts Park Rd Pratts Park in action beside the scenic smaller suspension bridge Axe Creek. Surrounded some of the township’s in 2012. The pretty spot is by beautiful bushland, historic buildings. a favourite stop off this is a great spot for picnics. LONGLEA for a breather. BENDIGO Wilkie Rd B280 Obriens Ln AXEDALE Length: 49km (one way) Crowes Rd Grade: Easy B280 BENDIGO Longlea Ln A proud cycling city, PEPPERCORN Surface: Gravel with asphalt in Bendigo’s beautiful streets are PARK KNOWSLEY STATE FOREST Axedale and Heathcote a legacy of one of the world’s Peppercorn Park hosts a greatest gold rushes. Historic range of equestrian activities. buildings and idyllic bushland are With car parking available, CAMPASPE KNOWSLEY intertwined with contemporary this is the ideal place RIVER RESERVE to stagger your journey experiences around the arts, AXE CREEK Take a walk along the along the trail. B75 world class attractions, Campaspe River. It once wine, beer and local helped sustain various Indigenous groups along produce. its course. Today, the slow-moving water is BENDIGO FIELD a haven for platypus. CAMPASPE RIVER NATURALISTS CLUB Moorabbee Rd FLORA RESERVE Stop here for a dose of bush AXEDALE therapy. You’ll find local species FLORA AND HEATHCOTE like yellow box, grey gums, FAUNA RESERVE Heathcote boasts the longest grey box, long-leaf box and This reserve is a protected red stringybark; and in winter LAKE EPPALOCK main street of any country sample of Axedale’s box and spring, golden wattle Australian town, as well as ironbark forest, featuring grey MT IDA CREEK blooms reign. box, yellow box, yellow gum, over 30 cellar doors in the red ironbark, white box, red box region which is renowned and red stringybark, and some for its award winning shiraz Old Bendigo Rd endangered flora. and the famous red Cambrian soils. LAKE B280 EPPALOCK B75 Covering a land mass of over 3000 hectares, HEATHCOTE this man-made lake is an important water storage, and playground for ONE EYE STATE FOREST Bendigo and Heathcote. Mia Mia-Derrinal Rd O’Keefe Trail Information Centre Drinking Water McIvor Highway B280 Bendigo Bushland Trail Heathcote–RedesdaleHerriot Rd St Northern Highway B75 Car parking Food & Drink Goldfields Track Rivers and creeks To Melbourne Bendigo Creek Trail Toilets BBQ / Recreation.