I've been getting out and about over the past few months visiting a number of places of interest. These travels have taken me across the suburbs of Melbourne, then onto Ballarat and finally Seymour.
At the Ballarat Airport I visited the 'Friends of the Anson Museum' and checked out the progress on this project to date. Aside from a restored cockpit section work is also being done on rebuilding a complete fuselage, but as it's all being done by a small group of enthusiasts the work on this has been very slow to say the least. However, they are hopeful of having a complete Anson on display one day, but I'd have to say it's a long way off if ever, as there is still a lot to be done.
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| de Havilland Vampire FB9 - Central West Shopping Centre Sunshine |
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| Bell UH-1H Iroquios - Dandenong RSL |
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| Aermacchi MB326H - Cranbourne RSL |
My next visit was to 'Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk' in Seymour, which was primarily for the purpose of checking out the Iroquois mounted on display. However, the extent of this memorial is quite amazing and I spent a lot longer here than intended, not that it was a bad thing.
I then proceeded to drive around the town and by accident discovered the local railway yards, which contained a variety of locomotive's that have not seen any use for quite some time. They all belong to the 'Seymour Railway Heritage Centre', which unfortunately wasn't open and means I'll have to make a return visit at a later date. What a shame.
On my way out of Seymour I then noticed some old trucks sitting in a paddock and decided to pull into a side street to have a closer look. Unfortunately the property they are on is surrounded by an electrified fence - as I could hear it cracking - which meant that any chance of getting a closer look was nigh on impossible. There were some 20 plus ex-military vehicles scattered around the paddock, in various states of decay which is a real shame to see. Nonetheless it was still an interesting discovery and made the 90 minute road trip well worth it.
