With a coronavirus induced lockdown in Victoria, Australia, which is where I usually ride my Kickbike on Sundays, I decided to try a new rail trail that had only been complete in 2020 – the Tumburumba to Rosewood rail trail in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. Read more
Being on holidays with the family presents opportunities for railway exploring. Early in September, we had a short 5 day family holiday in Bathurst, NSW, west of the Blue Mountains. This presented an opportunity to explore the railway features of that region, both there and between there and our home. Read more
In March 2020, I had 4 weeks of Long Service Leave. I still had more than a month on the NSW Trainlink Discovery Pass that I used on my previous railway holiday. So I decided to book some journeys served by NSW Trainlink. Sunday 1st March: Travelled Culcairn, NSW to Read more
Railway holidays travelling on most of the regional passenger railways in the Australian state of New South Wales in 2018. Between railway holidays from October 2018 through March 2019, I have managed to travel to or through almost every railway station served by NSW Train Link passenger trains. There are Read more
Moving residence again requires compromises but allows for a better configuration and environment for my HO scale switching layout modules. You would think that we would learn our lesson. About moving, that is. Since we have been married we have more more than 15 times. Sometimes because of a necessity, Read more
Train travelling experiences on railways in Adelaide and elsewhere in South Australia, and around New South Wales with a Discovery Pass. For the first 2 weeks of October 2018, Rebecca, Eliana and myself went on a family holiday to South Australia, visiting Adelaide and the surrounding region, and the Limestone Read more
Over the recent School Holidays (NSW!), Eliana (my youngest and most train-mad offspring) and I embarked on a train
Way back in 2001 I had the opportunity to explore the remains of the Koondrook Tramway in northern Victoria, Austral