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Old Oct 10th 2012 | 12:41 am
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Hi all. When we visited Oz 10 years ago, we drove from Melbourne to Sydney along the Coast Road. We stopped at a disused old Railway Bridge that was recommended on the tourist info. We stopped for a couple of minutes to take photos but we can't remember what it was called or where it was near. All I remember is that it was off the main road at the end of a very rocky road through some woods and me praying we didn't get a puncture or something and had to stop. It was not visible from the road.
Sorry if there is not much to go on but hoping someone on here has been there.

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Nothing is ringing huge bells but do any of the bridges on the rail trail through Gippsland look familiar? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Gippsland_Rail_Trail

Only other bridge of note - and it is WAY off the beaten track is McKillops but it isn't rail, it's road across the Snowy (original bridge built there got washed away in the first flood)
 
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Nothing is ringing huge bells but do any of the bridges on the rail trail through Gippsland look familiar? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Gippsland_Rail_Trail

Only other bridge of note - and it is WAY off the beaten track is McKillops but it isn't rail, it's road across the Snowy (original bridge built there got washed away in the first flood)
Thanks for that. Don't think it was any of them but it looked very similar to the Trestle Bridge near Nowa Nowa apart from the fact that some of it was missing.
 
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I think I have found it. After looking up the bridge near Nowa Nowa, I think the Stoney Creek Trestle Bridge is the one.

http://agvulpes.hubpages.com/hub/Sto...Lakes-Entrance

Thanks to quoll and anyone who has tried to find it for me.
 
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Not sure, but that must be one heck of a long bridge!!!
 
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They built some monster trestle bridges back in the day! I have a feeling that Stony Creek got damaged by fire at some point. Dont think I would have liked to have gone across in a train!
 
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...and there was I thinking the govt. was wasting more money planning to build a bridge between Melbourne and Sydney! (Too early in the morning for me... )
 
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I saw the title and thought April Fool.
 
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I thought they were going to build a bridge between Melbourne and Sydney, it would get a few unemployed construction workers back to work
 
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Sorry guys. Maybe the title should have been clearer.
 
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oh I thought you meant the one at Gundegai
 
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Originally Posted by alborz114
Sorry guys. Maybe the title should have been clearer.
I hope it is a bit clearer now!
 
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Originally Posted by Alfresco
I hope it is a bit clearer now!
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