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The Big Bop is gone, but I do have to admit I like the restoration of the historic building that used to house it
After we left the Bathurst Hospital . We stopped and had a look around Bathurst Miniature railway.
About Us
Welcome to Bathurst Miniature Railway Society. As a club we started in 1977 and today we operate and maintain nearly 600 metres of track at the John Mathew’s sporting complex in Durham Street Bathurst. Over the years we have added many buildings, features and a lot more track for both your enjoyment and ours. Many members, both past and present, have contributed to the scale and success of this layout.
Although members do all the work and running the track voluntarily there are always expenses for the continuous upkeep of the track, buildings, carriage, and grounds maintenance and our rides of only $2 each go back into the upkeep of this track. Everyone that comes for a ride believes that it is a good value, family day out.
The club, at present, has around 20 members from many different backgrounds, which contribute to the overall running of this club and considering that the members have built everything from the trains and track to the working signals and various buildings that you see. I am sure that when you are enjoying the ride you will agree that we put a lot of effort into making this track look as good as it does.
As a member of the AALS (Australian Association of Live Steamers) we cater for all various model engineering such as traction engines, tools and general model engineering… You will always find someone down here who will talk about various types of models that may take your interest.
Our track is made of 10mm x 20mm steel and is dual gauge 3.5” and 5” with 240 volt and air available at the steaming bay for visiting members of other clubs who are most welcome at our running days (3rd Sunday of the month). Your boiler certificate will need to be sighted. We also have a manually operated hydraulic lift for loading / unloading.
I had a need to go to Bathurst for a work trip and deliberated about whether to take my camera or rely on my phone. As I didn't know whether I would actually have any free time, I decided to rely on my new iphone 7 plus for the day and "test it out" if I had the time. This is one of the images I took when I went for a short stroll in the morning. The Bathurst Courthouse (circa 1880) faces Russell Street and is Neo-Classical with an octagonal Renaissance dome. It was designed by colonial architect James Barnet and is in the heart of this rural town. The courthouse is definitely an impressive building and is regarded by the National Trust as 'one of Australia's finest examples of Victorian public architecture'.
The entire structure is 81 metres long and 45 metres wide.
Bathurst is a regional city in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. It is about 200 kilometres (120 mi) north-west of Sydney and is the seat of the Bathurst Regional Council. Bathurst is the oldest inland settlement in Australia and had an a population of approximately 35,000 as at the 2016 Census.
The government surveyor, George Evans, was the first European to sight the Bathurst Plains in 1813, following the first successful European crossing of the Blue Mountains in the same year. In 1814, Governor Lachlan Macquarie approved an offer by William Cox to build a road crossing the Blue Mountains, from Emu Plains, the existing road terminus west of Sydney, to the Bathurst Plains. The first road to cross the Blue Mountains was 3.7 metres (12 ft) wide and 163.3 kilometres (101 1⁄2 mi) long, built between 18 July 1814 and 14 January 1815 using 5 freemen, 30 convict labourers and 8 soldiers as guards. Governor Macquarie surveyed the finished road in April 1815 by driving his carriage across it from Sydney to Bathurst. The Governor commended Cox and stated that the project would have taken three years if it had been done under a contract. As a reward Cox was awarded 810 hectares (2,000 acres) of land near what is now Bathurst.
On 7 May 1815, Governor Macquarie at the terminus of Cox's Road raised the flag, ordered a ceremonial volley to be fired and proclaimed and named the future town of Bathurst after the Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst.
Bathurst is the oldest inland town in Australia. It was intended to be the administrative centre of the western plains of New South Wales, where orderly colonial settlement was planned.
Bathurst is often referred to as the Gold Country as it was the site of the first gold discovery and where the first gold rush occurred in Australia. Today education, tourism and manufacturing drive the economy. The internationally known racetrack Mount Panorama is a landmark of the city. Bathurst has an historic city centre with many buildings remaining from the gold rush period of the mid to late 1800s.
The median age of the city's population is 34.0 years; which is particularly young for a regional centre (the state average is 36.4), and is related to the large education sector in the community. Population growth has reached 1.6% per annum over the five years until 2010, making Bathurst the seventh fastest growing regional city in NSW. This growth over recent years has resulted in increased urban development including retail precincts, sporting facilities, housing estates and expanding industrial areas.
Mark Winterbottom and Dean Canto in th #5 Bottle-O entry for Tickford Racing in the anniversary livery from '77 of Allan Moffatt.
Ford Falcon FG/X, during practice for the Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama.
(1/3) Through Hell Corner in the wet.
(2/3) Under heavy brakes into Murray's Corner.
(3/3) After the climb through Reid Park.
Mount Panorama, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.
Excerpt from Wikipedia: Ireland Park is located on the shores of Lake Ontario on Éireann Quay, adjoining the Canada Malting Silos, at the foot of Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Officially opened in the summer of 2007, Ireland Park commemorates the tens of thousands who fled Ireland during the Great Famine. In 1847 over 38,000 Irish men, women and children landed on the shores of Toronto, where Ireland Park now stands, fleeing famine and eager to start a new life. Although Toronto only had 20,000 inhabitants, the city welcomed the newcomers with open arms. Over 1,100 new immigrants did not survive to make Canada their new home, with many perishing in fever sheds during the Typhus epidemic of 1847. Ireland Park is a tribute to all the Irish ancestors who came with only hope, for a new life in a promising country.
The park was designed to be an emotional and evocative place calling up long-lost memories of destitute ancestors who arrived from blight ravaged Ireland on our Canadian shore with hopes for a new life in a new land. The park was designed by Toronto Architect Jonathan Kearns, who is an Irish immigrant himself. The park features oak trees, a cylinder of stacked glass that serves as a beacon of hope and five bronze sculptures created by renowned Irish sculptor Rowan Gillespie. The sculptures mirror a similar Famine Memorial in Dublin at the Custom House Quays. The figures in Dublin represent The Departure with Toronto's sculptures being The Arrival. The Hamilton Spectator described the work as follows:
"The early immigrants are now honoured at the Toronto waterfront park by five haunting bronze statues created by Irish sculptor Rowan Gillespie...One figure depicts a man lying on the ground, emaciated; another shows a pregnant woman clutching her bulging stomach, while behind her a meek child stands wide-eyed. One frail figure is bent over with hands clasped in prayer, contrasted by a man whose arms are extended to the sky in salvation."
The park also features an imposing wall made exclusively of limestone imported from Kilkenny with has the names of those who died in 1847. The wall includes many of Toronto's citizens who gave their life to the Irish cause, including Bishop Michael Power.
The park was officially opened during a ceremony on June 21, 2007, which featured the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, Toronto Mayor David Miller, and the Chairman of the Ireland Park Foundation, Robert Kearns. Mary McAleese described the park as "a memorial that links Ireland and Canada in a very, very powerful way, and brings that story right into the 21st century."
Smurfit Stone SW9 picks up cars from New Brunswick East Coast Rwy. to bring to the paper mill a the end of the 2.4 mile Bathurst Spur. This short train crosses a portion of the Bathurst Basin on October 7, 2003.
Between Bathurst and Newbridge, at the foot of a steep hill is a property called Gresham Downs. This image was captured on a cold windy morning last week.
Bathurst 1000 Runners-up, a great drive in the wet by Warren Luff and Scott Pye in the Mobil 1 HSV Racing Commordore.
Thursday & Friday practice.
Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.
Bathurst 1000 Winners, David Reynolds and Luke Youlden from Betty Klimenko's EREBUS Team, in the Penrite Commordore.
Thursday & Friday practice.
Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.
Three albino wallaroos that calls Mount Panorama home are gaining worldwide attention. (Image:ABC/Melanie Pearce)
Bathurst 1000 Winners, David Reynolds and Luke Youlden from Betty Klimenko's EREBUS Team, in the Penrite Commordore.
Thursday & Friday practice.
Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.
Castle Class 5051 Earl Bathurst on static display at Toddington some years ago.
Originally named Drysllwyn Castle, she acquired her new name in 1937. Her old name was acquired by classmate 7018 built circa 1947.
5051 was withdrawn from Llanelli in 1963 and sold for scrap to Woodham Bros in Barry, from where she was rescued by the Great Western Society at Didcot and fully restored.
Mount Panorama, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia . Australia's most famous race track. The "Holy Land" for V8 Supercar teams and spectators alike.
The councils in the NSW central tablelands used to be big on the MJE side loaders in the past, but Superior Pak has since taken over a lot of the territory with trucks like the one shown. Also used to only be garbage and recycling in Bathurst, but a weekly organics service was introduced in early 2016 to start recovering food and garden waste in the region.