The brightest bits of yesteryear

Local artist Kevin Boucher captures the Healesville Railway Station. 145787 Picture: GREG CARRICK

By JESSE GRAHAM

YARRA Valley residents and visitors from further afield flocked to the Healesville Railway Station over the weekend for the Healesville Heritage Festival.

The festival, which ran on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October, saw vintage trucks, engines and cars fill the grounds at the station, taking visitors back in time with displays, exhibits and entertainment.

Steam machines weren’t the only thing on display, with interesting vintage vehicles on display, including Peter and Linda Dickenson’s pink tractor, painted for breast cancer awareness.

Being held at the railway station, visitors were also ferried to and fro up the railway line in the Yarra Valley Railway Walker Railmotor RM22 – which will run visitors along the line towards Yarra Glen when the line re-opens in coming years.

Mail photographer Greg Carrick stopped by the festival to capture the action.

Do you have any photos from the Heritage Festival? Email them to jesse.graham@mailnewsgroup.com.au for your chance to have them featured here.

Four-year-old Tully of Castella enjoys the horse merry-go-round. 145787 Picture: GREG CARRICK
Four-year-old Tully of Castella enjoys the horse merry-go-round. 145787 Picture: GREG CARRICK

 

Laura and James of Blackburn like the scaled down Foden Steam Truck. 145787 Picture: GREG CARRICK
Laura and James of Blackburn like the scaled down Foden Steam Truck. 145787 Picture: GREG CARRICK

 

Peter Dickinson of Marysville stands in front of his Ferguson painted pink in support of Women with Breast Cancer. 145787 Picture: GREG CARRICK
Peter Dickinson of Marysville stands in front of his Ferguson painted pink in support of Women with Breast Cancer. 145787 Picture: GREG CARRICK

 

Local artist Kevin Boucher captures the Healesville Railway Station. 145787 Picture: GREG CARRICK
Local artist Kevin Boucher captures the Healesville Railway Station. 145787 Picture: GREG CARRICK

 

Train driver Andrew Bligh takes the passengers out for a run towards Yarra Glen. 145787 Picture: GREG CARRICK
Train driver Andrew Bligh takes the passengers out for a run towards Yarra Glen. 145787 Picture: GREG CARRICK