Puffing Billy Railway
For almost a century, Puffing Billy steam railway has chugged over a 13km (8-mile) track from Belgrave to Emerald and Lakeside. Passengers ride on open carriages -- often dangling their legs from the "windows" -- and enjoy lovely views as the train passes through forests and fern gullies and over a National Trust-classified wooden trestle bridge. Trips take around an hour each way, and there's time to walk around the lake before the return journey. Special "Steam and Cuisine" fares (A$95 adults; A$86 children) including a three-course lunch in a "first class" enclosed carriage with white tablecloths and wine, are also available daily, and on Friday and Saturday nights you can take the train to dinner at a historic packing shed for A$86. Trains do not run on days of total fire ban.
For almost a century, Puffing Billy steam railway has chugged over a 13km (8-mile) track from Belgrave to Emerald and Lakeside. Passengers ride on open carriages -- often dangling their legs from the "windows" -- and enjoy lovely views as the train passes through forests and fern gullies and over a National Trust-classified wooden trestle bridge. Trips take around an hour each way, and there's time to walk around the lake before the return journey. Special "Steam and Cuisine" fares (A$95 adults; A$86 children) including a three-course lunch in a "first class" enclosed carriage with white tablecloths and wine, are also available daily, and on Friday and Saturday nights you can take the train to dinner at a historic packing shed for A$86. Trains do not run on days of total fire ban.
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