[modeleng] Re: Oz and Kiwi

Well if you are going down Melbourne way another hour or so will get you to
Ballarat where both 'Sovereign Hill' and the Gold Museum are both well worth
a visit - allow a full day or better.

Still in Victoria, a shortish drive northwards will bring you to Bengido -
tram museum is worth a visit and a descent into the Central Deborah mine is
a must.

Head north again to Echuca, on the Murry River - paddlesteamers, the wharf
and a heap of historical stuff. 'bout my favourite place - just don't get
there often enough.

If you look like getting to the Zig Zig, let me know - only a bit over an
hour from here.


> With over 700, 000 miles to use on my BA frequent flyer, and a free
> upgrade for 2, we're looking to a holiday for 4 to 5 weeks in Kiwi and Oz
> next year in October/November. The wife is very much taken with the idea
> of a New Zealand steam train holiday (
> http://www.greatnzsteamjourneys.co.nz/default.asp) for both islands. We
> have a friend in Toowoomba in Queensland and another near Melbourne to
> fill in a few days. Any ideas what else to see  'dunnunder' - I have the
> 'Zig-zag railway' in the Blue Mountains down, it having been recommended
> by my boss. Include model engineering steam - the wife is interested. (In
> fact, she's the only person in the world to have driven both 'Lion', the
> 1839 loco of the Liverpool and Manchester, and Crofton beam engines on the
> Kennet and Avon Canal, built in  1812. She came with me to buy a lathe and
> rejected my choice as being too small, and then insisted on buying a
> milling machine as well, while we were there.........)
> Peter Chadwick, Swindon
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