After last Tuesdays ( 20 Feb) transport melt down with what seemed to be the whole population heading to the Harbour thought you maybe interested in a news report I stumbled on yesterday in the SMH of 1 Apr 1945 BIG CROWDS PACK NORTHERN TRAINS About 35,000 people packed trains from stations between Wyong & Hawkesbury River yesterday At Woy Woy Station trains were going straight thru towards Sydney Were some 2000 visitors from Sydney up on the Central Coast for a sailing championship Box carriages on some trains had between 14 - 20 extra people standing Motor traffic on the new Hawkesbury River Bridge was constant all day and heavier over night . The Peat Ferry handled heavier motor vehicles . Light traffic only being allowed to use the bridge , which will be officially opened on 5 May That has a similar ring to the closing of the Harbour tunnel Tuesday night ! Bye MargM Sydney List Admin

Marg, That was brilliant. I have been in Sydney since 1951 and I can well equate to that information. In 1962 it took me 3½ hours to get from Epping Railway bridge to the Fire Station at Hornsby......normally a 20 minute ride. It was the October long weekend and we were going to visit my sister in Wyong. I was due at her house for dinner around 7.30pm and arrived at 10 minutes to midnight. It was like a line of glow worms all the way up the OLD Pacific Highway. I don't think things have changed that much. Hilda in Sydney. ----- Original Message ----- From: "MargM" <genknut@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-SYDNEY@rootsweb.com>; "AUS NSW CC" <AUS-NSW-CENTRAL-COAST@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 10:54 AM Subject: [ANS] Nothing really changes > After last Tuesdays ( 20 Feb) transport melt down with > what seemed to be the whole population heading to the > Harbour thought you maybe interested in a news report I > stumbled on yesterday in the SMH of 1 Apr 1945 > > BIG CROWDS PACK NORTHERN > TRAINS > > > About 35,000 people packed trains from stations between > Wyong & Hawkesbury River yesterday > > At Woy Woy Station trains were going straight thru towards > Sydney > > > Were some 2000 visitors from Sydney up on the Central > Coast for a sailing championship > > Box carriages on some trains had between 14 - 20 extra > people standing > > > Motor traffic on the new Hawkesbury River Bridge was > constant all day and heavier over night . The Peat Ferry > handled heavier motor vehicles . Light traffic only > being allowed to use the bridge , which will be > officially opened on 5 May > That has a similar ring to the closing of the Harbour > tunnel Tuesday night ! > > > Bye > > MargM > Sydney List Admin > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-NSW-SYDNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

----- Original Message ----- From: "Hilda Cooper" <wynford@westnet.com.au> To: <aus-nsw-sydney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 12:07 PM Subject: Re: [ANS] Nothing really changes > Marg, > That was brilliant. I have been in Sydney since 1951 > and I can well equate > to that information. In 1962 it took me 3½ hours to get > from Epping Railway > bridge to the Fire Station at Hornsby......normally a 20 > minute ride. It > was the October long weekend and we were going to visit > my sister in Wyong. > I was due at her house for dinner around 7.30pm and > arrived at 10 minutes to > midnight. It was like a line of glow worms all the way > up the OLD Pacific > Highway. I don't think things have changed that much. Nope ! Your email reminded me of driving up from Sydney to the Central Coast to visit my parents c 1980 when the Sydney - Newcastle freeway was starting to be a glimmer in its mothers eye of actually being a road between these 2 points when they were blasting through sandstone to make the freeway up/ down Ourimbah Hill . You needed to take a packed lunch and a port a loo ! During Navy week in Oct 1986 there was a similar debacle . All roads near or leading to the Harbour were grid locked , including Eastern Valley Way , Willoughby , where I was Bye MargM Sydney List Admin