Comments on Walkabout Driveabout: Sentimental Journey - a Lost Railway

Great just reading and remembering the names of th...

2008-11-26T03:34:00.000+11:00

Great just reading and remembering the names of those towns -- especially Narrabri and Coffs Harbor. First girl I ever kissed (40 years ago) came from Coffs Harbor. I now live in Vermont. Nice to have those memories come back.

Hi Karin Nice to meet you at Pottsville Market to...

2007-02-04T20:09:00.000+11:00

Hi Karin

Nice to meet you at Pottsville Market today. I dropped back to check that I had published your comment - and of course I had:-)

Cheers, Alan

Alan Thanks for sharing your story with us. I kno...

2006-12-08T16:56:00.000+11:00

Alan

Thanks for sharing your story with us. I know there is a lot of sadness in the community about the loss of rail.

But we're fighting back. The community group TOOT - Trains on our Tracks (www.toot.org.au) - is lobbying hard to restore a rail service on the Casino-Murwullumbah line. Specifically we would like to see a 2-car set making frequent journeys (up to 8 each way per day) . Such a service would connect the towns and villages along the line.

We also want our line linked with the Qld line. Increasingly, our links are with the Gold Coast and Brisbane rather than Sydney.

Some people may be sceptical about our chance of success. My reply is that other rail lines have re-opened - eg Armidale in NSW and Bairnsdale in Vic. And in Qld they are re-laying tracks from Robina to Coolangatta that were ripped up 45 years ago in the name of 'progress'.

The current NSW Iemma Govt has very limited vision and does not understand the needs of regional people. This is why they are letting our tracks lie dormant.

The sheer weight of public opinion, as well as greater awareness of environmental concerns means that we will again have Trains on our Tracks. So I urge people to add their voice to the campaign - write a letter to the paper or join our email list.

TOOT !

Karin Kolbe
President TOOT

Hi Dave Thanks again for the comments. I answere...

2006-12-05T10:27:00.000+11:00

Hi Dave

Thanks again for the comments. I answered the format comments on the World Travel Blog.

But I do agree about Oz:-) I'll be adding a lot more to this one over the next couple of months on my wanders.

Cheers, Alan

I like the look of this blog much better, still la...

2006-12-05T05:09:00.000+11:00

I like the look of this blog much better, still larger pics would help, some format variety.

Oz is gorgeous.

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