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Southern Aurora 50 Year Commemoration
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24.01.2022 More progress installing new windows. One side nearly complete. Thanks to community team. CALLOUT: if you are interested in helping with internal fit-out, displays, donations etc please let’s know. Cheers Bruce.
23.01.2022 This is one of Simon Mitchell’s Aurora cars in NSW. Simon came to Violet Town a couple of weeks back to teach us how to install the new windows. Our carriage will look as shiny as this very soon
23.01.2022 thanks for the vid Bobs
21.01.2022 War Reflections. 1 min 22 second story. Mary, Ruby, Neil, Harry, Sheila and Bill speak about the impact of war on people. Joint project of Bruce Cumming and Benj Binks, April 2011. -ABC TV on Anzac Day, & on ABC Open
20.01.2022 Here’s a chance to travel in Victoria in an old Southern Aurora Sleeper Car. Coming up soon
19.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/vintagerailjourneys.com.au/videos/703122123644180?sfns=mo
18.01.2022 You may recall Col Gilbertson’s smiling face at the entry to the main hall Aurora exhibition in Feb 2019. He was selling copies of the magazine & Chris Banger’s Aurora book & giving everyone a friendly welcome. Thanks for being part of Railway history Col
16.01.2022 Aurora train seen at Werrington NSW and captured by Richie Stalling.
15.01.2022 The Last Post: More Than A Tune 1 min 26 second story. Mary explains why the Last Post is an important tune. -Joint project of Bruce Cumming and Benj Binks.April 2011 -ABC TV on Anzac Day, and on ABC Open http://vimeo.com/22630117 -Audio broadcast on ABC National and Regional radio.
15.01.2022 The Southern Aurora Memorial committee has recently sourced the original gates and panels from the Violet Town goods yard, where the superphosphate shed area no...w is. The men's shed have agreed to refurbish them when they can reopen and we'll be looking to find a small grant to buy new timber and bolts so we can make a fence along Cowslip street and at the back of the gardens. If anyone has a photo of the goods yard which shows the stock yards in any great detail, could we borrow it to scan it so in the future we can make up another information board. Thanks Thanks to the Binks family who originally rescued the yards from almost certain death by cremation and have donated them back to the gardens. See more
15.01.2022 Anzac Day, What It Means in Violet Town. 1 min 10 second story. Bill, Ruby, Harry, Mary, Sheila and Neil speak about why Anzac Day is important to them. Joint project of Bruce Cumming and Benj Binks. April 2011 -ABC TV on Anzac Day, & on ABC Open
14.01.2022 707 Operations ‘new’ Aurora sleeping car delivered to Melb. It’s similar to the one now located at Violet Town in the Aurora Gardens. Looking forward to seeing it back in service. BC.
13.01.2022 Anybody recognise this? This device is in the Aurora garden & will become a feature. What we need is some stories about how it worked & when we put it on display we can provide some info about safe-working of trains in the Victorian Railways. Let’s know what you know
13.01.2022 Love, During Wartime 38 second story. Ruby tells a story of her grandparents meeting in wartime. -Joint project of Bruce Cumming and Benj Binks, April 2011 -ABC TV on Anzac Day, & on ABC Open
12.01.2022 It’s #TrainsPlanesAutomobiles Tuesday and we’re in the club car of the Southern Aurora, the first-class overnight express train. This promotional photograph was possibly taken in 1962 when the service first opened. View the original here: http://ow.ly/b2mO50C4Efr
11.01.2022 Here are a couple of Southern Aurora train tours you might be interested in
10.01.2022 58 years ago the Aurora service commenced with the inaugural run arriving in Melb on April 13 with VIPs aboard having left Sydney the night before on April 12. https://www.theage.com.au//from-the-archives-1962-the-sout
09.01.2022 Great article in the Euroa Gazette 2 weeks ago about Charlie Mead. He loved his time working on the railways & even has a little booklet about his stories. Charlie has been a great supporter of the Aurora project & has no shortage of project ideas & railway tales. Cheers and thanks Charlie & your old rail mates, Bruce C.
09.01.2022 A video of the time highlighting the start of the Aurora service & the inaugural VIP trip. April 1962 https://youtu.be/z_5IqyPvbCo
08.01.2022 Night view of Aurora Carriages on tour.
08.01.2022 Thankyou to the mystery person who added these.
07.01.2022 Mary Cumming was in full teacher’s voice as she entertained a full VT Hall with her father’s battalion song from WW1. Shows some of the humour & music people ...at the time used to deal with their huge challenges. If you thought Mary was a quiet retiring type, then you missed out seeing her when she took the floor!! See more
05.01.2022 It’s a week now since the tragic derailing of the XPT at Wallan with two fatalities & many injuries. This event has shaken up many people, including the Southern Aurora committee & the whole community at Violet Town and surrounds. As learned in 1969, a serious incident like this has a very broad impact on the community including passengers, the railway fraternity, police & volunteer emergency workers, investigators etc .... and of course their families. Let’s all reach out & support each other in positive ways and strive to prevent things like this happening again. Condolences to family and friends of those two people killed in the crash, from the Violet Town community.
03.01.2022 THIS PHOTO IS SO GOOD, IT DESERVES ITS OWN POST! Carriages as far as the eye can see! 16 Southern Aurora cars plus 42103 heading off up to Kandos. 42103 at the head. Golden West Tour at Wallerawang 14/11/2020
02.01.2022 Thanks Julian Wright for finding this. A great guitar instrumental https://youtu.be/lCUmydBs8Ag
02.01.2022 Another historical view of Violet Town station. Photo by Bryce Leydon on an ARHS (Vic) tour in 1987. Thanks to Jason Moore for finding this little gem.
