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Re: Beech Forest today

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From: david
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 00:00
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Thankyou John, I'm thinking of going down there next Saturday, weather permitting,
digital camera in hand !

Regards,
David Head


John Cleverdon wrote:

>
> We visited the site (along with other railways in the Otways) in 1993.
> At that stage, there was not too much left of the station site (that I
> remember).
> The platform mound is still there in my photo, along with a little bit of the
> edging (I don't have the time to look through all of Dad's photos :-).
>
> The tennis court in the centre of the balloon loop was disused (IIRC); a *rough*
> guess of the radius would be perhaps 10-15m at most.
>
> A useful source of information would be the book "The Beechy" by Norm Houghton.
>
> We stayed at the hotel-motel which was adjacent to the station; the hotel (the
> only one in town) burnt down a year or two back.
>
> John
> --
> John Cleverdon, B.App.Sc. (Cartography), AMMSIA
> Land Titles Automation Project - Beveridge & Williams, Melbourne
> Amateur astronomer & Railway enthusiast | Bombers - 1999 AFL Premiers
> E-mail:  johnc@cdi.com.au | Phone: 03 5987 1535 (H) | Dromana, Victoria
> The Locomotive Page: http://www.railpage.org.au/loco
> Astronomical Society of Frankston: http://www.cdi.com.au/~johnc/asf.htm
> Railway Map of Victoria: http://www.cdi.com.au/~johnc/railmap.htm
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Date: 1999/09/11
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