As a new member to the group I had better introduced myself. I live in Melbourne and have had an interest in narrow gauge railways - life size since I was a little tacker back in the distant past - and more recently at 1:48 since I started modelling them.
I grew up on the lower end of the Mornington Peninsula in the '40s and '50s far removed from the railway system but managed to get on several ARHS trips anyway. A matter of abiding curiosity is the lime industry on the Peninsula. There were several lime kilns at the back of Rye one of which still had the remains of a narrow gauge tramway at the kiln area. Rails and wheels and part of a right of way which appeared to head towards Port Phillip was all that was left in the early '50s. All trace of that kiln has now gone. As the lime was transported to Melbourne and Geelong by small ship it obviously had to get from the kiln to the sea. I have been searching for years to see if there is any record of tramways in the lower Peninsula area without any joy. If anyone has any information as to their existence I would appreciate it. All I have found is the record of the tramway that connected the pier at Sorrento to the ocean beach and which was for passengers.
