tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8856747756759071827.post775390556141565718..comments2024-03-28T14:47:32.549+10:00Comments on ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA: BOY STUFFdiane bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12002292118984909883noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8856747756759071827.post-50840613845409046162012-01-30T09:34:27.134+10:002012-01-30T09:34:27.134+10:00The nurses carriage reminds me of the 'ambulan...The nurses carriage reminds me of the 'ambulance train' we saw in Blackall, Qld (past post of mine).<br /><br />I think the decline of the railway, and susequent shifting of all traffic to the roads is one of the most tragic, costly and ill-advised political bungles ever made.Red Nomad OZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03020668094026661054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8856747756759071827.post-50187462701604601162012-01-26T12:47:18.201+10:002012-01-26T12:47:18.201+10:00Yeah, the guys would love this, but looks like eno...Yeah, the guys would love this, but looks like enough history (as well as the mechanical/train stuff) to keep me happy too! <br /><br />Very interesting about the dole and I wonder how come we don't do that.Sallie (FullTime-Life.comhttp://www.travelingrainvilles.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8856747756759071827.post-69838400524917291292012-01-26T12:03:33.521+10:002012-01-26T12:03:33.521+10:00BILLY B. would probably lerrrrve our central Victo...BILLY B. would probably lerrrrve our central Victorian steam train which runs from Maldon to Castlemaine, and return. Old, restored steam trains pull the carriages, including a club car.<br />Like you, Diane, we got soot in our eyes when taking the little granddaughters out onto the viewing platform on the last carriage back in the Sept. school hols.<br /><br />The engine has to do a turn-around and pull the carriages back the reverse way to the way it left Maldon station.<br /><br />Billy B. might also like Bendigo's tram museum, the oldest continuously working one in Oz.<br />Not only have the volunteers there preserved old trams from Melbourne and Geelong, once restored they do the daily tourist route from a mine site just outside the CBD to North Bendigo, where the Chinese Joss House from the Gold Rush days has been lovingly preserved.<br />So on a day like Aust. Day 2day, the trams will be running non-stop, driven by volunteers with conductors on board.<br /><br />The regular Bendigo suburban tram service stopped in the 1960s. But that p[articular line survived altho' requiring constant maintenance.<br /><br />And from a previous post about Aust. native flora, we too saw an all-Australian plants garden on Kangaroo Island in the mid-2000s.<br /><br />Of course, that's also in S. Aust and that particular garden had only Aussie plants.<br /><br />No good to Judyth and I. We love our northern hemisphere plants, especially our 135-year-old elms which line the street out the front.<br /><br />Not to mention 30-odd different rose plants. But not those odd-shaped ones with all stick and just the flowers at the top.<br /><br />The traditional roses.Richardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8856747756759071827.post-52641750641454947282012-01-26T08:51:50.030+10:002012-01-26T08:51:50.030+10:00Hi Diane, what a fantastic post. The men in my fam...Hi Diane, what a fantastic post. The men in my family would love this museum. We have something similar in Baltimore at the B&O train museum. The round table is cool and I love the club car. Wonderful post and info. Great photos.eileeninmdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00070309645796725309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8856747756759071827.post-45309031562918292352012-01-26T06:46:17.621+10:002012-01-26T06:46:17.621+10:00It looks like a super museum. i have seen a simila...It looks like a super museum. i have seen a similar museum in Munich but it is almost always closed.<br /><br />Greetings,<br />FilipFilipBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03748038653807154529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8856747756759071827.post-15575836915733414682012-01-26T05:03:51.645+10:002012-01-26T05:03:51.645+10:00Oh boy, would my grandsons love this trip. They ar...Oh boy, would my grandsons love this trip. They are all CRAZY about trains. Looks like Bill was having a blast too!The Southern Mint Julephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03552225044981834393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8856747756759071827.post-71499609337084426942012-01-26T01:52:41.830+10:002012-01-26T01:52:41.830+10:00Bill seems to have a lot of fun ! The club car rea...Bill seems to have a lot of fun ! The club car really looks like a club !<br />How interesting !Gattinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8856747756759071827.post-92008325991545035942012-01-25T23:42:21.974+10:002012-01-25T23:42:21.974+10:00that diesel looks very much like what we used to r...that diesel looks very much like what we used to ride behind. never got to see a club car, but i love this one. I would have liked being with the boys on this tripMadSnapperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163140037276496519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8856747756759071827.post-61751331701747962622012-01-25T23:32:09.539+10:002012-01-25T23:32:09.539+10:00What a lovely tour around the train museum. I lov...What a lovely tour around the train museum. I love to get up close to these old steam engines. There are a few in the American History Museum in Washington DC. Did you get to see them when you were here I wonder?DeniseinVAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08494518513936310345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8856747756759071827.post-47762862417391800072012-01-25T23:05:32.271+10:002012-01-25T23:05:32.271+10:00This looks like a wonderful museum. I LOVE the clu...This looks like a wonderful museum. I LOVE the club car, that must have been like flying first class. :-)darlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04886502544010479581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8856747756759071827.post-87753647397967820002012-01-25T22:57:55.385+10:002012-01-25T22:57:55.385+10:00Amazing collection. The club car is indeed fantast...Amazing collection. The club car is indeed fantastic.Indranihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13097788106899971708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8856747756759071827.post-64956422962592527212012-01-25T20:40:49.169+10:002012-01-25T20:40:49.169+10:00Great to see inside this museum. It is on my list...Great to see inside this museum. It is on my list to visit one day.Joan Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16358008925558240778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8856747756759071827.post-51735159778907997542012-01-25T20:37:46.051+10:002012-01-25T20:37:46.051+10:00The club car looks great, I could have a ride in t...The club car looks great, I could have a ride in there. Nice you were allowed to enter all the carriages.biebkriebelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01539958495933835606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8856747756759071827.post-2111264856389605252012-01-25T19:49:57.410+10:002012-01-25T19:49:57.410+10:00A travelling nurse's carriage? Somebody somewh...A travelling nurse's carriage? Somebody somewhere must have had a lot of interesting stories to tell!<br />It looks like a very well loved and tended museum, and worth a special trip.FruitCakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660225514077942415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8856747756759071827.post-60062943965610843792012-01-25T19:49:33.390+10:002012-01-25T19:49:33.390+10:00Very impressive for a small town. It is not the on...Very impressive for a small town. It is not the only transport museum that uses work for the dole labour. Is is good that some are learning skills that could end up being lost.<br /><br />Now shall we adjourn to the club car for a rousing up tempo piano sing along of Advance Australia Fair on the eve of Australia Day?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8856747756759071827.post-44713805027976289932012-01-25T17:06:57.211+10:002012-01-25T17:06:57.211+10:00I think this railway kid would also be going back ...I think this railway kid would also be going back in time.cathy@homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10280998274935488909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8856747756759071827.post-14725374627254724982012-01-25T16:05:56.702+10:002012-01-25T16:05:56.702+10:00My earliest memory of a train trip, was from South...My earliest memory of a train trip, was from Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) to Durban, South Africa. I was about three years old and the trip took three days! I grew up in the train era and loved it. Fortunately trains still operated while our sons were growing up and they had several trips to remember. Today South African Railways is non-existent. The photo of the triple guage and the carriage looks like a scene from a Western movie. What a delightful and interesting post, Diane. (PS I like your "actor" who seemed to be enjoying himself immensely)Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11666316882168582862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8856747756759071827.post-6700605835229054952012-01-25T15:02:26.124+10:002012-01-25T15:02:26.124+10:00Did you venture into the "haunted" carri...Did you venture into the "haunted" carriage there? It was like scenes from the movie "Psycho" - darn near gave me heart failure much to the mirth of the rail museum guide.<br />A bloody corpse like female "aka Norman's mother" in the movie fell on me.<br />One way to cure you of seeing railway museums!<br />Glad Bill had fun. It was far cheaper when I saw through it and I was the only one on tour.<br />Great post.<br />Colin (HB)Colin (HB)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8856747756759071827.post-319186812372766842012-01-25T14:23:53.964+10:002012-01-25T14:23:53.964+10:00I guess I'd be one of the boys. I'd love t...I guess I'd be one of the boys. I'd love to check out all of those trains. Since Daddy worked for the railroad, I've always had a real love for trains... <br /><br />When I was 8, my parents and I went across country by train to my brother's wedding in California... I remember the Club Cars, Dining Cars, Finger Bowls, Berths, Compartments, etc.... Awesome trip!!!!<br /><br />Hugs,<br />BetsyBetsy Banks Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16223591156634767330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8856747756759071827.post-35454199435485268642012-01-25T13:58:24.891+10:002012-01-25T13:58:24.891+10:00This looks like a wonderful museum. I must say th...This looks like a wonderful museum. I must say that Bill looks as if he was having a wonderful time. Although I liked all the engines, that club car is really something.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06923630536753873113noreply@blogger.com