The Puffing Billy

The Puffing Billy

An hour's drive from Melbourne takes you to the home of the Puffing Billy train service, that starts at Belvedere Station.

There is a variety of different services available, of varying lengths, and Wendy and I opted for a trip that would last for an afternoon, taking us from Belvedere to Lakeside and back.

 

Unfortunately, a steam loco wasn't available for our journey:  

so we were diesel-hauled there and back; but we did see one of the other engines in steam pulling away from the station, with some intrepid passengers sitting on the window sills, their legs dangling out into thin air!

  Crossing over one of the trestle bridges on the line

 

 Wendy enjoying the journey! 

The view from the Station Restaurant at Lakeside. We had booked an afternoon tea, which was delicious, and really set us up for the rest of the afternoon.   

Site of the 1953 landslide, that covered the original track

Oh, to have a letter to post back home, to tell of a great day out!