Melbourne Fire Musuem

The Melbourne Fire Musuem showcases many historical items from over the years from Melbourne and it's suburbs and rural areas fire services.

This collection includes things such as horse drawn fire engines, gunpowder operated sprinklers, 1950s portable radios, and a wall full of fire helmets.

Puffing Billy Railway

The Puffing Billy Railway is a vintage narrow-gauge train dating from the early 1900s, passing through many old stations. At the Lakeside station, there is also a museum dedicated to the train line.

The locomotive from the train we rode.

The old engine 3A and some facts and stats about it.

The train ride itself, including video link.

Another artifact from the musuem, a manually driven rail car called a velocipede.