Wednesday, Feb 02, 2005 at 20:17
So what do you want to know about the Gulflander? I have the station masters phone number somewhere...The full trip means you either have to overnight at one end of the line or the other...Truly the Railway from Nowhere to Nowhere, wasn't always the case though.
For those who don’t have time to do the full trip, there are two shorter trips which are both popular. On Saturday morning, the Morning Tea and Damper Trip departs at 9.00am.
On Thursday afternoon, the Sunset Sizzle Trip leaves the
Normanton Railway Station at 4.00pm and returns about 6.30pm. The barbecue is free, soft drinks are available for sale and if people want a beer or a glass of wine, they can take their own alcohol
Will be doing the Tea & Damper on 20th August....I could introduce you to the driver...
Another really good nostalgic train trip is the Valley Rattler from Gympie to Imbil on Wednesdays, Saturdays & sundays....
Then of course if you are in Mt
Morgan the train ride there on weekends is just so much fun... Of course on Sundays in Rocky they run what is the most unique steam tram in the world... thousands made & Rocky has the only one left in the world...
If you are lucky enough to be near
Quorn or pt
augusta then the Pich Richi railway is amazing... the Coffee Pot celebrates its centenary in October... 2nd I think special trips.. tellegram from EIIR....mind boggling that we have so much unique railwayiana...
Then the Cockle train from
Goolwa to Victor Harbour is a great trip... and then get truly nostagic with the worlds only operating horse tramway out to
Granite Island...
A guy near
Melbourne is apparently building a full size copy of Stephenson's Rocket....to much money and time I suspect!
I suspect all this is frightfully boring but a question on the Gulflander was asked. Rumours are circulating amongst railway afficianados that Mr Beatty has plans to make the Gulfy redundant & replace it with a bus, strange one already runs but most debus at either end & take the train....
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Follow Up By: Member - Craig M (NSW) - Wednesday, Feb 02, 2005 at 23:22
Wednesday, Feb 02, 2005 at 23:22
Hi Rick & Everyone else,
That is great info, Rick I guess you enjoy your train rides?
Just one question, what happens to your vehicle while you are enjoying a ride on the Gulflander?
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Rick Blaine - Thursday, Feb 03, 2005 at 07:21
Thursday, Feb 03, 2005 at 07:21
You have a few choices Craig
1 leave you vehicle at Normanton/
Croydon strangley they dont seem to have a crime "problem"
2 have your partner/friend/associate drive to the other end and meet you.. taking pics along the way
3 do one of the short trips on thurs night or Sat morning...
4 Idle around the station... on most days a charter bus will come along and take the busload for a short run and just either ask if you can join in or just "blend" in... if they are yanks then you just have to keep saying" Oh my God" in aloud voice, if they are Asian...
well you could be stuck, but I have found Asians respond
well to bowing the lower you bow the more you get....
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