Graham and I went for a drive on Sunday to explore the area near which we live. It was a pleasant day, not too hot, nor too cold, reminiscent of an Autumn’s day, although officially Autumn isn’t here yet (only a couple of weeks away). We decided to visit Menzies Creek Puffing Billy Station as…
Category: Trains
Travelling the Puffing Billy
As I mentioned recently, my husband and I had guests from interstate and we spent a day with them on the Puffing Billy train. The train leaves from Belgrave and travels to Emerald Lake Park and then moves on to Gembrook. We chose to go as far as Emerald Lake Park, have lunch and wander…
Puffing Billy at Emerald Lake Park
One of the ways that people come to visit the park is in travelling on the Puffing Billy train. It makes a few visits a day to the Park, sometimes travelling through to Gembrook or returning back to Belgrave. In these shots I was standing on the hill below as it was making changes getting…
The trestle bridge
I had queried something I’d seen on the trestle bridge in one of my photos recently and was told that the rail bridge has an annual inspection and then an independently structural integrity inspection every 5 years. They also inspect for pest infestation. Some of the bridge uprights date back to 1920 and are still…
More on the Puffing Billy
Just can’t resist pulling out my camera if I know the Puffing Billy is near by! Yes, I was a bit close for this one! I could feel the heat from the smoke as it passed me by – but don’t worry, I was standing aside and not on the track. And when it left…