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Galston500

Locality: Galston, New South Wales, Australia

Address: 29 MidDural Road 2159 Galston, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.galston500.com

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24.01.2022 A massive Thank-you to Matt and the team at Woolworths Glenorie for their support towards the Galston500!

23.01.2022 I think I just saw Elmo riding a train being driven by Spider-Man Come on down to Trains for Kids with Cancer and check it out!

21.01.2022 Welcome team Full Throttle Green Bottle! Only a Hatter would be mad enough to drive this Steamer. If you would like to sponsor this team in the Galston500, please go to https://www.galston500.com/teams/greenbottle

20.01.2022 We are excited to annouce the date of the 2020 Galston500. This years event is being held on Sunday May 31st. As per previous years, we will once again be dontaing all funds rasied by the event towards helping find a cure for Multiple Sclerosis.... This year the Hornsby Model Engineers Co-Op Ltd are working along side The Westmead Institute for Medical Research to bring you an even bigger event! You can support your favorite team directly from our new website at https://www.galston500.com All donations over $2 are Tax Deductible Thank You for your support.

19.01.2022 The Galston500 and Hornsby Model Engineers Co-Op Ltd were mentioned in Federal Parliament (House of Representatives) yesterday, by Julian Leeser MP Lesser, Member for Berowa

17.01.2022 Welcome on board Team48! Thank-you for your support https://www.galston500.com/teams/team48

15.01.2022 Train Rides are Back at Galston Valley Railway.. -------------------------------- **For More info. and to Purchase your Ticket go to:- https://tickets.hme.org.a...u/ -------------------------------- Good News!! Starting on 9th August 2020 we will be open for public train rides again, but in a limited way in order to comply with Covid-19 restrictions. Rides will be by pre-booked family tickets only, in a specified time slot. For detailed conditions, and to book tickets, please see our booking page ~ https://tickets.hme.org.au/ -------------------------------- Galston Valley Railway (GVR) now has a registered COVID-19 Safety Plan in place and we are opening for restricted public running on 9th August 2020. **To meet Physical Distancing, Hygiene and Cleaning, Record Keeping and Wellbeing of Staff and Customers, GVR has made significant changes to the public running day that you are used to. We have restructured our ticket and ride process and will be running under a pre-booked, pre-paid, time-slot format. >> Each ticket will be $30-00 and will include entry and 2 laps of the 1km track, which is about a 20 minute ride, for up to 6 people from the same household. -------------------------------- **Please note that if the Pandemic numbers escalate over the week, GVR, at its discretion, or by Standing Health Order, may have to cancel the Running Day. If this occurs, payments received will be refunded. > Note:- All train passengers must wear fully enclosed footware - not sandals or thongs!. Wet weather? > Call our site 9653 1630 after 9.30am for latest information -------------------------------- HME Website:- http://www.hme.org.au/

15.01.2022 We are proud to announce the date for the 2021 Galston500!! Mark you calendar for Sunday August 29th 2021!!! More information at https://www.galston500.com/

14.01.2022 We are looking forward to be entertained by the Hornsby RSL Pipe Band! Listen for them after lunch at the Galston500! https://www.facebook.com/Hornsby-RSL-Pipe-Band-126781920743571/

13.01.2022 It is with much disappointment, that we have made the decision to cancel the 2020 Galston500 Event. Rather than reschedule, the decision has been made to not hold the event at all in 2020 and to set our focus on making the 2021 Galston500 bigger and better! The new date for the Galston500 will be the Sunday 30th May 2021.

12.01.2022 Mr Ray Hadley mentioned us on his radio programme on 2GB this morning...

11.01.2022 Good evening everyone, well what a day it was on Sunday.. we are still on a high from all those laps around the Galston Valley Railway.. donations are still coming in, so we will have a total amount raised in the coming weeks once all the donations have been collected.. This year, the teams kept the wheels in motion long after the 500 laps was reached.. a total of 575 were not only logged into the computer system, but manually counted by our lap counters.. Great job team con...sidering they were counting from 6am until 4.45pm.. Our locomotive teams were kept busy during the day, our highest laps covered were 53 by team Metrovick and The Thackers covered 50... go to galston500.com/teams and see how many laps your favourite covered.. and during those laps, when we were hauling public, those laps counted as well.. We noticed a keen photographer getting some video footage around the track during the event using a camera and tripod, if that was you, could you contact the admin, as we would be keen to see your footage..and or anyone else’s pics from the day.. make sure you use the hashtags #kissgoodbyetoMS #galston500. There is still time to enter for a chance to win a Galston500 promo pack.. Can I say a massive Thankyou to all the members of Hornsby Model Engineers, North West Model Engineers, Sydney Society of Live Steamers, Western Districts Live Steamers and Mudgee Minature railway who came out to support this event with their locomotives and volunteers.. To our sponsors, sincerely Thankyou for your kind contribution to our event, without you, we wouldn’t have had any raffle prizes, most popular and most donations, or food for everyone to enjoy.. And to you, the public who donated to such a worthwhile cause, we hope we can Kiss Goodbye to MS.. every little contribution helps!

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10.01.2022 Are you Fire Ready?

08.01.2022 The weather prediction for the Galston500 is looking good! Come on out and support the teams, grab a Devonshire Tea and have a ride on a train! (Enclosed toe shoes required to rides the trains)... Rides $2.50 Each See more

06.01.2022 Thank-you again to all who attended, participated and donated towards the 2019 Galston500. Our Official total for this year is $11,601.77 But its not to late, if you would like to donate towards this years event, you can donate directly at: https://kissgoodbyetoms.org/donate/?c=19014

04.01.2022 September Trains Rides [again] at Galston Valley Railway Sunday, 27th September 2020 [2nd Run] ================ **EVENT IS SOLD OUT [>> Following Public Running... Day ~ Sunday, 11th Oct. 2020] ================ >> Running trains in Restricted Run Mode with time slots** >> Just over one week away.. ---------------------------------- Click here for the Booking Page:- ---------------------------------- > To date we have had two successful public days ~ running trains to meet our Covid-19 Safety Plan [August 9th run and September 13th]. Unfortunately due to limited slots available many missed out so we are conducting a second monthly run and for the keen second timers that just love our little trains and railway. ================== **For More info. and to Purchase your Ticket go to:- >> Each ticket will be $30-00 and will include entry and 2 laps of the 1km track, which is about a 20 minute ride, for up to 6 people from the same household. ================== **Due to Covid-19 Restrictions, Galston Valley Railway will be open for rides in a limited capacity. To be able to meet our Covid-19 Safety Plan all ride tickets will be Pre-Sold Only and will have an allocated time slot. As we are required to provide the ability for you to maintain a 1.5mt social distance (unless you are from the same household) we have restructured our ticket and ride process. Rides will be by pre-booked family tickets only, in a specified time slot [See Booking Page & Pic image for Slots].. For more info, and to book tickets, please see our booking page ~ ================== **Please note that if the Pandemic numbers escalate over the week, GVR, at its discretion, or by Standing Health Order, may have to cancel the Running Day. If this occurs, payments received will be refunded. >> Note:- All train passengers must wear fully enclosed footware - not sandals or thongs!. Wet weather? >> Call our site 9653 1630 after 9.30am for latest information ================== Weatherzone [Galston]: ================== HME Website:- New members are always welcome. You don't need to be an engineer, or have any special skills, or be building a locomotive. Download our membership brochure:-