Heritage train trip to Queenscliff
The Seymour Railway Heritage Centre invites you on a special vintage diesel-haul heritage railway tour to Geelong on October 8.
The option to travel on to Queenscliff by coach will also be available.
While in Geelong, visitors can enjoy the beautiful parks, beach front and shopping, or if they choose to travel on to Queenscliff, they can go on a number of optional tours, including:
Day out with Thomas: unlimited rides with Thomas the Tank Engine and the Troublesome Trucks; enjoy a steamtrain ride to Lakers Siding behind one of Thomas’ Friends, and meet up with Sir Topham Hatt.
Queenscliff Fort: tour a 19th Century Coastal Artillery Fort, operating as an Australian Army Base, with more than 150 years of Australia’s heritage on display.
This Fort is one of Victoria’s most important heritage sites and one of the largest and best preserved forts in the country.
South Bay Discovery Tour: explore the pristine Marine National Parks of southern Port Phillip Bay.
Visit areas only accessible by boat, on an up-close naturebased adventure highlighting the unique history, wildlife and coastal landscape. View bottlenose dolphins cruising over the shallow sand bars, visit Australian fur seals at Chinaman’s Hat and see the Australasian gannet at their breeding colony on Pope’s Eye.
Bring your camera for some great wildlife shots.
Queenscliff Maritime Museum: escape into Queenscliff’s fascinating past of shipwrecks, rescues and the lifeboat, and the pilots who continue to bring ships safely through the rip and into port. The train will be hauled by Blue and Gold heritage locomotives and passengers will travel in the comfortable former Spirit of Progress ‘S’ class carriages, complete with compartment seating.
A range of light refreshments and drinks will be available at the kiosk on board, the parlour car will have a licensed bar with beer and wine, and the dining car will be serving tea and coffee.
Passengers can travel in first class comfort in the recently refurbished VAM former sleeping carriage; private compartments come with a complimentary bottle of wine and cheese platter upon arrival.
The train will depart Seymour at 7.15 am, stopping for pick up at Broadford, Kilmore East, Wallan and Broadmeadows before arriving at Geelong railway station.
For more information, prices and booking details visit www.srhc.org.au or phone 0412 124 659.