Hello all, According to the ARHS' Australian Railway Routes 1854- 2000, the Grampians line opened in 1882 and was closed in 1949. As for the 4WD'ing; the 4WD group I'm in went there in 2009. Some phot

Hello all, A little OT, but for those who may be interested, it is possible to downloaded 1:25,000 topographic maps of NSW in an amended format for use with OziExplorer software. The maps are at: http

Hello all, For those interested, I've got a couple of photos from Heatherlie Quarry (taken on a 2008 holiday to the Grampians) at: http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/john_cleverdon/2008/2008100

Hello all, My father has been sorting through some of his own and his father's railway photos recently, and my brother has then been scanning some and putting them online at: http://www.flickr.com/pho

Hello all, For Victorian rail lines/timber tramways, have you checked the Forest Explorer website at: http://nremap-sc.nre.vic.gov.au/MapShare.v2/imf.jsp?site=forestexplorer to see what is or is not o

Hello all, One of the local papers down here on the Mornington Peninsula had the following article of interest during the week: http://mornington-peninsula-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/train-bu

Hello all, To make things easier to get to individual maps, below are some URL's that may be of interest: ñGembrook A (http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/126585) - Powelltown tramway ñWalhalla B (http

Hello all, Further to my email earlier in the year, more Victorian imperial-scale topographic maps can be found online, and some will no doubt be of interest for the narrow-gauge rail coverage that so

Hello all, I was at the end-of-year dinner for the local historical society during the week, and found out that one of those there was also a railway enthusiast. While chatting with him, he mentioned

Hello all, For those of you who want to save NearMap photos and aren't already aware of it, they have free software called 'HyperTiles' that can be downloaded from: http://www.nearmap.com/downloads/de

Hello David/all, You can try the NLA website at: http://trove.nla.gov.au/map?q= or the SLV website at: http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?mode=Basic&vid=MAIN&tab=maps t

Hello all, For those of you who like travelling (especially rail-themed holidays :-) ), you may be interested to know that you can now download Geoscience Australia 1:250,000 scale topographic maps fo

Hello all, To follow up on my previous posting, there are now some more historical maps online at the NLA that may be of interest: A & C Black's Atlas of Australia with all the gold regions, Edinburgh

Hello all, I was reading on a mapping email list that I'm on that the National Library of Australia has started scanning in some of its collection of imperial-scale topographic maps from around the 19

Hello all, For those of you who enjoy looking at the aerial photos on NearMap, the coverage has recently been extended for the following areas: * All of Puffing Billy's line is shown * The area betwee

Hello all, Thew 4WD group I'm in is planning a trip from Noojee to Erica/Rawson in a fortnight's time. The route will pass through Tyers Junction (likely route: Delpretes Road - Telbit Road - Buckles

That clears things up ... the 4WD group I'm in went to Walhalla and Matlock and Walhalla last Saturday (much better weather than it is today :-) ). While passing Walhalla station, there was another DH

Hello all, Those of you who like thew high-resolution photos on NearMap but are wondering how to save the photos (and not want to do it as a lot of small tiles) may be interested in the following prog

Hello all, We were down at Walhalla yesterday for a ride behind Puffing Billy's NA class 7A (renumbered 9A for the occasion) as part of the activities for the centenary of the opening of the railway i

Hello all, My parents, brother, and I will be down there on the Saturday (going for the 1pm train from memory), so if you see us, feel free to say 'hello'. Photos of me are at: http://users.cdi.com.au