During the last 8 weeks of
so the main activities in Wombat Creek have taken place near Victoria
Square. The block of shops on the corner of East Street and Victoria
Street are slowly reaching the finishing stage – roofs are
installed and signage finalised. Soon the official town photographer, J. F. Hurley will come
around and do a few shots.
Meanwhile ‘Woody’s
Timberyard’ has opened its business at East Street next to the petrol
station. To be more precisely the timberyard has “re-opened”. It
is stated on the fence that Woody’s has nailed it since 1885. Perhaps
the timberyard has been rebuilt after a fire. Anyway it is back in
business though a few features need to be added. E.g. a crane to lift
the heavy timber in and out of the shed. Because the lay-out hasn’t
been fitted with a background yet the low-profile buildings at the
back cannot be put in their final location. Therefore the crane is
still on the waiting list.
The fence in front of
‘Woody’s Timberyard’ is a copy of an existing fence. It is (was?) to
be found I front of the timberyard ‘Baagøe & Riber’ in
Svendborg, Denmark. I regularly passed the six running men and the
little hole in the fence with the words “have a look” (“kig
ind” in Danish) on my way to and from work.
The horse-drawn tram to
the left is one of three belonging to the heritage fleet of Wombat
Creek Tramways. How it is possible to have a heritage fleet at a
tramway under construction is a bit of a puzzle!
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