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A storm over Springvale Botanical Cemetery yesterday.
720nm infrared converted Olympus OMD-EM5.
Samyang 14mm f2.0 lens.
Vertical panorama from 4 frames.
S301-A66 hauls #8497 down SRV "Streamliners to Warragul" heritage special from Newport Workshops (SRV depot)/Flinders St Station to Warragul, approaches Springvale, taken on Saturday 24th January, 2026.
The Springvale Botanical Cemetery is the largest crematorium and memorial park in Victoria, Australia. It is located in Springvale, in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne..
The Necropolis commenced operations in 1901. Until 2006, it operated as The Necropolis Springvale. Between 1904 and 1952 it was served by its own railway station and line to transport coffins, passengers and staff to the cemetery. The first cremation took place at Springvale in April 1905. In 2007 Springvale conducted over 2000 burials and 6000 cremations..
The Trustees of the cemetery also administer Dandenong Cemetery, St Kilda Cemetery and Melbourne General Cemetery..
The cemetery contains the war graves of 146 Commonwealth service personnel, nearly 50 from World War I and nearly 100 from World War II.
Ah, spring!
Spring gives the green color of freshness and new life,
Winter melts into spring's sweet embrace…
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Music Enya - Wild Child (video)
G515-X31 hauls the QUBE Dandenong cement freight with #9572 from Dandenong Sth (Kimberley Clark Siding) to Nth Dynon as they downgrade towards Springvale taken on Monday 4/11/2019.
Springvale Botanical Cemetery’s War memorials..
The Victorian Garden of Remembrance is situated within the Springvale Botanical Cemetery in Melbourne. The original garden was opened in the early 1960s and was extended in 1988. The extensions were officially opened by the then Minister for Veterans' Affairs, the Hon. Ben Humphreys MP, on 3 March 1989..
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The Victorian Garden of Remembrance has a plaque capacity of 70,000..
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The entry building houses the register books which list the wall and row number of each plaque..
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When first entering the garden, the visitor will see, towards the rear, the large granite stone which bears a commemorative plaque collectively honouring all those whose names are inscribed in the garden. On each side of the pathways are walls bearing plaques commemorating individual veterans..
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Midway, between the entrance and the commemorative stone, a path leads into the extended Garden of Remembrance. A little way along is the plaque marking the dedication of the extended garden..
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The visitor proceeding through the garden will walk through the European Sunken Garden, which is bounded by a covered pergola, then on to an Australian Dry Creek Bed and the Asian Garden. The European and Asian gardens symbolise the main theatres of war in which Australians served during the First and Second World Wars and subsequent conflicts..
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The Victorian Garden of Remembrance earned a nomination in the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects award programme.
50 035 heading along The Stour line towards Wolverhampton, photo took form the new over bridge at Springvale
A scan from one of my 6x6 slides May 1990
VL351-VL357 leads #9473 down QUBE Maryvale paper train from Victoria Dock to Maryvale Paper Mill making a rare daylight run, towards Springvale, taken on Thursday 15th May, 2025.
A sweet bridge in Springvale, ME. One of those bridges you can drive over a thousand times and never know how pretty it is.
Details of the Wat Khmer Temple, Springvale, external details. The multi-headed snake (Cobra?) and lion in gold, red and cream. In Hinduism ans Buddhism Nagas, snakes have various meanings. Obviously, J K Rowling knew this when she named Voldemort's snake Nagini. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C4%81ga
86242 'James Kennedy GC' passing the former Springvale Sidings Ground Frame signal box. 08/08/84
Photo by Brian Allen with myself present.
The reason the wood is so wet is the stream flowing down into it. The entire woodland looks like a man-made site, as it appears to be a huge hollow. It is directly below the site of Cwmbran Colliery and may be the clay pit site for the associated brickworks.
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Springvale Botanical Cemetery’s War memorials..
The Victorian Garden of Remembrance is situated within the Springvale Botanical Cemetery in Melbourne. The original garden was opened in the early 1960s and was extended in 1988. The extensions were officially opened by the then Minister for Veterans' Affairs, the Hon. Ben Humphreys MP, on 3 March 1989..
.
The Victorian Garden of Remembrance has a plaque capacity of 70,000..
.
The entry building houses the register books which list the wall and row number of each plaque..
.
When first entering the garden, the visitor will see, towards the rear, the large granite stone which bears a commemorative plaque collectively honouring all those whose names are inscribed in the garden. On each side of the pathways are walls bearing plaques commemorating individual veterans..
.
Midway, between the entrance and the commemorative stone, a path leads into the extended Garden of Remembrance. A little way along is the plaque marking the dedication of the extended garden..
.
The visitor proceeding through the garden will walk through the European Sunken Garden, which is bounded by a covered pergola, then on to an Australian Dry Creek Bed and the Asian Garden. The European and Asian gardens symbolise the main theatres of war in which Australians served during the First and Second World Wars and subsequent conflicts..
.
The Victorian Garden of Remembrance earned a nomination in the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects award programme.
Those classic quad CFCLA T's class lash up of T376-T373-T369 & T377 hauls the QUBE Dandenong cement freight with #9571 from Nth Dynon to Dandenong Sth (Kimberley Clark Siding) as they approaching towards Springvale taken on Monday 9/12/2019.
The Springvale Botanical Cemetery is the largest crematorium and memorial park in Victoria, Australia. It is located in Springvale, in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne..
The Necropolis commenced operations in 1901. Until 2006, it operated as The Necropolis Springvale. Between 1904 and 1952 it was served by its own railway station and line to transport coffins, passengers and staff to the cemetery. The first cremation took place at Springvale in April 1905. In 2007 Springvale conducted over 2000 burials and 6000 cremations..
The Trustees of the cemetery also administer Dandenong Cemetery, St Kilda Cemetery and Melbourne General Cemetery..
The cemetery contains the war graves of 146 Commonwealth service personnel, nearly 50 from World War I and nearly 100 from World War II.
Here are the rest of the Cwmbran colliery pictures. This one is just a detail of one of the brick channels for the water flow, but I like the contrast provided by the ferns.
Springvale Botanical Cemetery’s Feng Shui designed Song He Yuan..
Springvale Botanical Cemetery’s Feng Shui designed Song He Yuan is a dedicated Buddhist cemetery, which caters for the Asian style of burial and interment of cremated remains.
King Alfred Running Day 1 January 2019. POU494 is a 1956 Leyland Totan PD2/24 with East Lancs lowbridge body. It is seen at Springvale Stores.
The Springvale Botanical Cemetery is the largest crematorium and memorial park in Victoria, Australia. It is located in Springvale, in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne..
The Necropolis commenced operations in 1901. Until 2006, it operated as The Necropolis Springvale. Between 1904 and 1952 it was served by its own railway station and line to transport coffins, passengers and staff to the cemetery. The first cremation took place at Springvale in April 1905. In 2007 Springvale conducted over 2000 burials and 6000 cremations..
The Trustees of the cemetery also administer Dandenong Cemetery, St Kilda Cemetery and Melbourne General Cemetery..
The cemetery contains the war graves of 146 Commonwealth service personnel, nearly 50 from World War I and nearly 100 from World War II.