Re: Countrylink & Sydney things to do

["Nobody" <dweebken@NOSPAM.yahoo.com>]

> > If you like historical sites etc, Visit the ARHS and try their ghost
walk
> > or the tunnels under st james.
> this walk is only done on the 3rd weekend of every month you can call this
> number to try and book
> 02 97495280
>
> . Pop down to Thirlmere for the NSW
> > Rail Transport Museum (Sundays they run trains on the loop).
> only if you can get a car as there is no public transport to get there

The Steam trains go to Picton!

>
> Tuesdays are good in the city for the Indian
> > Pacific.
> the IP only comes in on a monday and thursday it is the broken hill
experess
> that leaves on a tuesday and the ghan gets in on a sunday and the griffth
> train leaves on a saturday morning
>

Whoops I slipped up there.

>
> Clyde Engineering at Kooragang Island (spelling???) you cant get to it
> unless you go there by freight train or you can find someother way to get
in
> because i think it is very hard almost impossible to get in by road
> but take a look around where bhp used to be for coal unloading point at
port
> waratha (i think wrong spelling) as they also stable trains there
>

Its easily accessed by road (by the way its Port Waratah hehehe)

> > near Newcastle is worth a visit as is the Gonian plant
> you cant get any photos in there only from the fence on the outside of the
> place

Hmm true but it depends, there isa lot of activity around that area when
they outshop locos and trains

> Pop down to goulburn on the once daily cityrail
> > endeavor and havew a gunzel down there.
> > you just may get 3 hours down there or a better spot would be to go to
> mossvale just incase you miss the train back to sydney

Hmm true but Goulburn is a little more photogenic.

>
> > Have I missed anything?????
> >

Not much it seems!

Brendan