Thread: Wycheproof. Vic.

Been a while since i have been out that way but country Vic is awesome, spent many a time as a kid with dad dragging us around looking at vintage cars all over Victoria.

I generally stop at Wyche when I'm driving to and from Mildura - always found it a lovely town but never stayed there, nor seen a train in the Main Street, but I live in hope.

My off-sider and I have just come back from building a new shed (thats what I do for a crust) for the family that owns "Wycheproof" Cattle Station abit west of Mount Larcom (Qld).

Out of curiosity I asked where the station name came from and was told the original family moved up here and named the station after their home town in Vic.

Originally Posted by Homestar

I generally stop at Wyche when I'm driving to and from Mildura - always found it a lovely town but never stayed there, nor seen a train in the Main Street, but I live in hope.

I've been on a steam train travelling up the main street. I think I took photos.

Originally Posted by Homestar

I generally stop at Wyche when I'm driving to and from Mildura - always found it a lovely town but never stayed there, nor seen a train in the Main Street, but I live in hope.

I love trains too Gav, & at this time of the year, & particularly as a result of the successful harvest this year, there is a lot of grain to be moved, so there's quite a few trains down the main street.
Problem is, ya don't know when they're coming, and they mostly travel through wyche during the night.
We stay in the Motel which is on the main st, Calder H'Way, right on the railway, and the first thing ya hear of the train, is the siren, normally around 3am, as it comes down the main st, but there's no way, I'm getting out of bed at that time to see it, so we just lie in bed listening to it rumbling by.
One time we did actually see it, we were in Wyche & the train came down, & a local said "He'll probably stop the train outside the cafe & grab a pastie, which is what happened,..the driver stopped the train, ran across the road, into the cafe, and then back again into the engine, & off He went!
If ya're going through Wyche now, make sure you stop at the new bakery "Bakery on Broadway" recently opened & operated by local ladies to wide acclaim,...on the LH side, if ya're on the way up to Mildura etc.
The Mallee is a great place, & there is some real joy there at the moment, with the results of a great harvest.
Pickles.

Originally Posted by Pickles2

I love trains too Gav, & at this time of the year, & particularly as a result of the successful harvest this year, there is a lot of grain to be moved, so there's quite a few trains down the main street.
Problem is, ya don't know when they're coming, and they mostly travel through wyche during the night.
We stay in the Motel which is on the main st, Calder H'Way, right on the railway, and the first thing ya hear of the train, is the siren, normally around 3am, as it comes down the main st, but there's no way, I'm getting out of bed at that time to see it, so we just lie in bed listening to it rumbling by..............


.............Pickles.

Geraldton in WA used to have the same deal. Grain train ran basically along the top the beach right past the hotel I was staying in, at 3am.

DL