I was fascinated to read the items about the Kiama blue metal tramway and thank the several contributors for some very interesting information
As a very young enthusiast in the 1940s I walked the branch line from the NSWGR yard and the main line from the wharf to the quarry and although the years have dimmed my memory somewhat I can clearly remember being fascinated by the sight of a diminutive steam locomotive just behind a fence but close to the public road and a number of wagons under the crushers. At that stage the quarry was not operating and lantana had started to intrude
Being young and in fear of parental or police retribution I resisted the urge to enter the enclosed area at the quarry although I did walk out along the tracks above the bins on the wharf - with fear of falling into the bins. How I wished I could have gone closer to the locomotive and peeked into the engine shed!
I am intrigued to read remarks about standard guage operations in the Kiama quarries and even more so about about such a line to a wharf and hope that someone will write more about the latter and indicate where the wharf was located
