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This is such a fun thing to do - especially for kids - and big kids too.
A darling old steam train choofs slowly through the Dandenong Ranges.
You can have meal or a devonshire tea while you travel, or sit in the open carriages and perch dangerously on the side - like I saw people doing the other day going over the wooden viaduct.
The trip from Belgrave ends up here at Gembrook. I am pretty sure you get time to stroll around the town before you make the return journey.
Well at least there are all sorts of different journeys and packages, some timed to coincide with local markets.
Check out the website.
Update - The market at Gembrook has been closed due to public liability problems.
Update - I heard on the grapevine you are no longer allowed to sit on the side of the open carriages and dangle your legs out. Something to do with insurance too I reckon.
Updated Jul 14, 2009
Website: http://www.puffingbilly.com.au/
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The 695 bus to Gembrook leaves from Belgrave Railway Station. And takes about 40 minutes. So technically it would be possible to do a day trip from Melbourne. The train to Belgrave takes about an hour.
Check the timetable carefully - there are not a plethora of buses. And they don't run very early or very late. But they do run on a Sunday which not all buses out here do.
The trip over is very pretty - you pass through some lovely country.
And it is very cheap. All you need is a Zone 2 daily ticket or if it is a weekend your Weekend Saver - which is about three bucks. Buy your ticket from a manned station or at a newsagent or corner store. The machines at the stations do not sell Weekend Savers. You have to be prepared.
If you are coming out from Melbourne on a week day you would need a Zone 1 and 2 daily ticket. If you are leaving after 9am save a bit of money and get an offpeak. On a weekend you are sweet - the Weekend Saver covers you all the way and back again.
Bit of a trap though - to use a Weekend Saver you have to buy a 5 trip ticket. And it can only be used for one person at a time. You can get a one trip Sunday Saver though.
If you have a Victorian concession card you are sweet also. On Sunday you travel for free anywhere and the rest of the week it is maybe 3 bucks. I cannot wait to be 60.
I know it is complicated but I didn't make up these rules.
Updated Jul 8, 2009
Website: http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/route/view/1632
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What a pretty town. Stay safe now.
We took a run out to this pretty little town last week. What a charmer. It is close to the Dandenong Ranges (the Puffing Billy ends up here) but it is over the border and in Gippsland.
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The train after what is a most enjoyable journey arrives in the small country town of Gembrook.The train was greeted by the local town womens choir singing sunday hymns..and very good they were too..I...
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