🎡 NSW Rail Museum, Thirlmere

Thirlmere, New South Wales

🕐 Daily: Mon to Fri 10am to 4pm, Sat and Sun 9am to 5pm. Steam train rides weekends and school holidays

💰 Museum: adult $15, child 2 to 17 $5, under 2 free. Museum + 40 min train ride: adult $35, child $15

📍 10 Barbour Road, Thirlmere NSW 2572

A big railway museum with heritage trains and a 40 minute train ride on weekends and in school holidays. Lawns with sheltered picnic tables and free barbecues, play spaces and a kiosk with barista coffee.

What's there

✓ Parking✓ Coffee nearby✓ BBQ✓ Picnic area

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