Port Kembla breakwater railway

["David Proctor" <daproc@bigfoot.com>]

With 3 hours to kill at Port Kembla last night (from 0105 till 0353) I went
for a walk along the breakwater, and disvovered that there are rails laid
into it (including a 130m long crossing loop from 690m to 820m) -
presumably laid to facilitate carrying the large concrete blocks that form
the breakwater.

The rails are laid to 1435mm (standard gauge).

Does anybody know anything of this line? Was it ever connected to the main
system? When was it last used? (it is currently out of use, as some of the
rails are concreted over, etc.)

David Proctor
daproc@bigfoot.com