Re: Beech Forest today

[John Cleverdon <johnc@cdi.com.au>]

david wrote:

> Beech Forest. What an intersting  plan.
>
> Seems I have been hooked on it. I have just started  a long  term
> rpoject to build a On30 model railway based on Beech Forest. I know of
> many books, but wish to ask those who know a few quick questions.
>
> Is there anything to see at Beech Forest today, not remains as such, but
> grassy areas and buildings that were standing when the beechy was alive
> ???? Have the roads changed a lot in the area ?
>
> Does anyone know the radius of the tennis court loop ?
>
> And assistance would be great as I have bopught the wood to begin
> baseboard construction.
>
> Regards,
> David Head

We visited the site (along with other railways in the Otways) in 1993.
At that stage, there was not too much left of the station site (that I
remember).
The platform mound is still there in my photo, along with a little bit of the
edging (I don't have the time to look through all of Dad's photos :-).

The tennis court in the centre of the balloon loop was disused (IIRC); a *rough*
guess of the radius would be perhaps 10-15m at most.

A useful source of information would be the book "The Beechy" by Norm Houghton.

We stayed at the hotel-motel which was adjacent to the station; the hotel (the
only one in town) burnt down a year or two back.

John
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