By JESSE GRAHAM
THE Healesville Heritage Festival is coming back for another year, bringing vintage cars and historic exhibitions to the Healesville Railway Station this weekend.
The Heritage Festival will be held at the station on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October and will give visitors a look back over the past 150 years.
Vintage cars and trucks will be brought in to the station for the festival, which will accompany industrial engines and railway vehicles.
Historic crafts and trades will be on display, as well as exhibitions from the community.
Children will be well-provided for, with food and drinks, a model railway depicting the Yarra Valley Railway and the railway’s own Walker railmotor running trips up to the Tarrawarra tunnel each half hour.
But old machines aren’t the only things on display – interesting vehicles of all kinds will be on show, including Peter and Linda Dickenson’s pink tractor, painted for breast cancer awareness, and their rare double-doe Ferguson tractor, which has two tractor bodies end-to-end.
A replica Locomobile steam-powered car will also be at the festival, along with local historical vehicles, such as a McKenzie’s 1948 school bus.
The Healesville Heritage Festival will be held from 9am to 5pm on Saturday 17 October and from 10am-5pm on Sunday 18 October.
Entry is $10 for adults, $5 for children aged three to 16 and children under three will receive free entry.
Dogs must remain on leads at all times, although the event’s website said dogs are not recommended as loud noises from heritage displays may startle them.
For more information, visit www.healesville-heritage-festival.com.
