Gosh this brings back memories. I grew up in Tecoma and would have been just starting prep when this movie was made. I do have to laugh about the approach towards OH&S at that time. Legs hanging out. Water getting splashed around and just wandering around the track. No problem! LOL.
32Emerald you are quite right re narrow gauge. The synopsis is the original synopsis from the film makers and is presented as an archival document alongside the film. Therefore, as you say, the start and end of the journey is correct at the time of the film production.
Notice a couple icecreams are not avaliable around today. A dixy and the Two and One. I wonder if the pie the young lad is eating is a Four and Twenty?
As in Dixie cup? I’ve definitely seen them in milk bar Ice cream cabinets here in Victoria. Peter’s Ice cream. As I’ve had them in occasion . Or are you thinking a different ice cream?
@@Notconceitedjustbetterthanyou our rural firemen (the CFA) in Australia are volunteers as well. I assume in your small world; fighting a forest fire isn’t working either?
It does from time to time run specially booked trains. In normal service the 13 kph top speed is a bit limiting on timetabling complications and length of trip.
Hi NFSA 13 year late on the comment but were the music tracks or the sheet music ever preserved separately from the films and are they able to be sourced from the archive? The jazzy tune in this film has lived in my head as my go to melody when I whistle while I work for about 25 years now.
