CLUB ACTIVITIES
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Monthly Calendar of our Club
EVERY THURSDAY MORNING TEA
An informal get together from around 10am to lunchtime (and beyond). Some members might bring a loco to test-run their latest modifications or gadgets, others will bring a loco just to run a few laps. Two things are certain – morning tea and a lot of miniature railway related talk around the table.
1st SUNDAY OF THE MONTH - PARTY RUNNING
This is the time we open the gates to provide a great setting for someone’s special day. We can accommodate two parties each day, at 11 am and 1pm, with train rides for an hour during that time.
3rd SATURDAY OF THE MONTH - CLUB GATHERING
This is the feature day of the club calendar. From earlier than 10am members will begin unloading their locomotives and preparing them in the ‘roundhouse’ steaming bays. At 11am the work and chatter are halted for the official part of the day, where the Committee gives their monthly report, significant issues are discussed and important decisions made.
The meeting closes with ’Models on the Table’, a show and tell time for members to present their latest projects new, finished or underway. At 12pm its BBQ time, however the smell of sausage and salad are soon overtaken by the wafts of smoke, oil and steam as the locomotives are brought to life. For the afternoon our ground level and elevated tracks are usually quite busy with all kinds of locomotives – steam, electric, big, small, dirty and not so dirty…
GUESTS AND NEW MEMBERS
Currently we are not open to the public, however we would like to encourage visitors who are interested in the hobby to attend the club grounds on a Thursday morning or a 3rd Saturday of the month Club Gathering. It is important that all visitors are ‘signed in’ and introduced to a club member so they can be given a good and safe tour of the grounds. If possible, contact us ahead of your intended visit, (that gives us time to find the red carpet!)
New members are welcome to join the S.L.S.V. Have a good look through this website and you will have a fair idea of the Clubs activities, but really, make a time to come to the track to see and smell some of our locomotives in action, and chances are, you’ll be hooked like the rest of us!
