Re: Welcome to CSC: 2017
Reply #40 –
That Windy Hill game was the first I ever saw, my dear old Bomber supporting nan brought me down from Ballarat to stay with her ancient sister for the weekend, we travelled on the old red rattlers with the steel feet warmers, and the tea lady. Never forgot the endless second quarter, and the all in, what an introduction for a ten year old!!
Aahh the old carriages. I had a day out a year to two ago on the Double Header Spectacular train doing the Spencer St - Castlemaine - Muckleford - Maldon line run on the Victorian Goldfields Railway. The individual compartments, the foot warmers and radiators connected to hot water warmed by the locomotives steam. Standing on the balcony of the front car behind the locomotive getting covered in coal dust and soot, the good old days!
Well worth it for a day out and not that expensive, much better for adults than Puffing Billy.
Double Header Spectacular
Wine and Cheese Express
Ales on Rails