National Steam Centre in Scoresby, Victoria, Australia | Museum

National Steam Centre

Locality: Scoresby, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9763 1614

Address: 1200 Ferntree Gully Road 3179 Scoresby, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.melbournesteam.com.au/

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24.01.2022 We're getting all set up for the Whisky, Wine & Fire festival at Caulfield racecourse. Come and say hello!

23.01.2022 The fantastic Heyfield and District Vintage Machinery Rally 2021 is coming up on the 15th and 16th of May. This rally has a great range of things to see and do, with traction engines, rollers, vintage engines and trucks, vintage motor cycles, memorabilia and a tractor pull on both days! It's a great day out and a fabulous way to support our regional communities. It's rally is located at Gordon Street Reserve in Heyfield. See the flyer for more details!

22.01.2022 Here are a few more great photos from @john janic from our 2019 Steamfest. Thanks John!

21.01.2022 After many months of lockdown, and huge effort to make sure the museum is spick-and-span, the National Steam Centre is happy to announce that we will be opening the gates for our visitors on our November run-day - 28 November! We're all looking forward to seeing everyone again, and putting on our displays. Our miniature railway will be running for rides, the museum will be operating and we'll have some mobile displays on our arena. We can't wait to see you at the National Steam Centre!

21.01.2022 View from the cabin of the Rapier dragline at Steamfest, come and see it walk.

21.01.2022 This Fordson grader conversion was a static display for many years, with the loader now running around the arena we couldn’t leave it sitting in the shed. So a bit of tinkering and it came to life

19.01.2022 The hours of work invested by the team are paying off with some amazing progress.

18.01.2022 Steamfest this weekend 7th, 8th & 9th March Don’t miss all the action as the past comes alive

17.01.2022 Here's a map and program for the 2021 Steamfest. It's a great site with loads to see! Everything from haybaling, working horses, vintage ploughing, steam engines and the huge walking dragline! Gates open at 10am, and tickets can be purchase on site or beforehand at:... https://www.trybooking.com/BOLAI See more

17.01.2022 Here's an Engineers Australia article that provides some great information on the issues and challenges facing movable engineering heritage in Australia. https://createdigital.org.au/fight-to-keep-australias-mov/

16.01.2022 Great atmosphere tonight at the Whiskey wine and Fire festival tonight! Be sure to come say hi if you’re around.

14.01.2022 Due to the 7 day 'circuit breaker' lockdown in Victoria, we regret to inform all our fans and followers that we will not be open this weekend. We were all looking forward to getting our old engines and machinery running, and operating our miniature railway this Sunday! We will re-open our doors to visitors as soon as we can!

13.01.2022 Due to the 7 day 'circuit breaker' lockdown in Victoria, we regret to inform all our fans and followers that we will not be open this weekend. We were all looking forward to getting our old engines and machinery running, and operating our miniature railway this Sunday! We will re-open our doors to visitors as soon as we can!

12.01.2022 The combined weight of the Willans crankshaft, flywheel, countershaft and the armature and exciter assembly is around 10 tonne, despite this weight it can be easily turned by hand.

12.01.2022 Here's a short flying overview of the Ransomes & Rapier Walking Dragline at the National Steam Centre. This shows parts of the dragline most people never get to see! https://youtu.be/MQnubcTajRs

10.01.2022 Another milestone achieved as the rotor, stator and exciter are installed and connected to the engine

10.01.2022 Only a couple of days to go! Online tickets here: https://www.trybooking.com/BOLAI

08.01.2022 Some of the exhibits that were running today. Next run day is the 27th October

08.01.2022 One of the Lyttelton Steam tug engines being warmed up for the run day

08.01.2022 Come down and see the Mustangs today

07.01.2022 After many hours scrapping the big end bearing all the clearances have been set allowing the first of the cylinder assemblies to be finally installed and the connecting rod shimmed and bolted to the big end bearing assembly

07.01.2022 The Heyfield rally is on this weekend! It's fantastic so see the local community get behind this event, and it's great to see strong support from other machinery, steam and vintage car and truck clubs. If you want a great day out, head to Heyfield this weekend!

06.01.2022 A big team effort today saw the three cylinder heads installed on the Willans air blast diesel. Come along and check out the progress

03.01.2022 Some of the private exhibits on display at today’s run day

03.01.2022 For many years this Fordson front end loader was a static display at the museum, on our last run day a couple of members after a bit of tinkering brought it back to life.

02.01.2022 It’s run day today so come down and see the museum come alive. Don’t forget to put the Rally on the 7th - 9th of March in your calendar when you will see the Rapier Dragline walk along with many other great displays

02.01.2022 Our exhibits are not static, today the museum comes alive and runs on steam. Come along and see the exhibits in action.

02.01.2022 The team has been working hard on the Willans restoration. The final cylinder has been installed along with the cam shaft and the governor / cam drive shaft. Come along next weekend to our run day and have a look for yourself

31.12.2021 The Heyfield rally is on this weekend! It's fantastic so see the local community get behind this event, and it's great to see strong support from other machinery, steam and vintage car and truck clubs. If you want a great day out, head to Heyfield this weekend!

22.12.2021 The fantastic Heyfield and District Vintage Machinery Rally 2021 is coming up on the 15th and 16th of May. This rally has a great range of things to see and do, with traction engines, rollers, vintage engines and trucks, vintage motor cycles, memorabilia and a tractor pull on both days! It's a great day out and a fabulous way to support our regional communities. It's rally is located at Gordon Street Reserve in Heyfield. See the flyer for more details!

13.12.2021 Here's a map and program for the 2021 Steamfest. It's a great site with loads to see! Everything from haybaling, working horses, vintage ploughing, steam engines and the huge walking dragline! Gates open at 10am, and tickets can be purchase on site or beforehand at:... https://www.trybooking.com/BOLAI See more

04.12.2021 Only a couple of days to go! Online tickets here: https://www.trybooking.com/BOLAI

28.11.2021 Our 2021 Steamfest is underway! All our members and volunteers have been working hard to get our grounds ready and exhibits sparkling for the weekend! See our event page https://www.facebook.com/events/499259358142870 I hope to see you there!... Online tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/BOLAI More information: www.melbournesteam.com.au

19.11.2021 http://melbournesteam.com.au/steamfest.html It's confirmed! The National Steam Centre is having its annual Scoresby Steamfest this year! Our rally will run over the long weekend in March (6, 7 and 8 March) and will be Covid safe. Our huge site at 1200 Ferntree Gully Road will be buzzing with vintage steam engines, tractors and other displays!... We will also be pre-selling tickets before the event online (details to come) as well as selling tickets on site. It's going to be great getting our exhibits up and running for all our visitors!

06.11.2021 We recently had Jase & PJ come and visit from KIIS 101.1. He and his team seemed to enjoy getting shown around the National Steam Centre! https://fb.watch/2_m-9wAEf0/