Old Ghan Heritage Trail Pt 4 - Puttapa Siding to Lyndhurst Siding
This series of videos charts the route of the Old Ghan line between Port Augusta and Alice Springs.
In them, I visit as many sidings and fettlers cottage's as I can find and a few of the significant pieces of infrastructure that may still remain.
I should point out here that I have just realised I have been mis-pronouncing the word Ghan; it should rhyme with "tan".
I've corrected it in any voice-over, but I'm afraid any to-camera footage has my bumbling mistake recorded for posterity. Sorry 'bout that.
If nothing else, this series still serves as a unique (I think) visual record of all these historic railway locations.
In Part 4, I go to:
00:00 - Introduction & Recap
01:56 - Puttapa Fettler's Cottage
10:39 - Leigh Creek Crossing Point
16:54 - Leigh Creek Airport
21:40 - Copley Station
25:13 - Copley Bridge
26:30 - Lyndhurst Siding
32:45 - Wrap Up
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Good job! It's a shame that so much has been lost already.
@78Bonne
8 ай бұрын
Yes, and they are crumbling at an accelerated rate, due to weathering at the base of the remaining walls. It won't be all that long until they are mostly all just rubble; which is why I so wanted to document them. It's something that I don't think has been done until now - at least I've not seen it.
Good to see the restoration of the town of Farina has been making steady progress through the years, hopefully things keep going smoothly.
@78Bonne
3 ай бұрын
It should do, Brendan. The Farina Restoration Group is a fairly robust organisation with a lot of drive and enthusiasm. Though having said that, they DO rely heavily on volunteers and donations, so if yourself or anyone reading this has the ability to help, either physically or financially, I'd encourage them to visit farinarestoration.com/