Category: Tunnel
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Mittagong Mushroom Tunnel
Mittagong Mushroom Tunnel Nestled beneath Mount Gibraltar near Mittagong in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales is a Victorian-era single-track railway tunnel that today houses racks of cultivated exotic fungi. The Mittagong Mushroom Tunnel (sometimes called the Mount Gibraltar tunnel) is a surviving piece of 19th-century railway engineering that has had at least three Read more
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Fort Scratchley Newcastle
Fort Scratchley Newcastle No longer used by the military, Fort Scratchley is now a memorial to the servicemen and women who served there. During World War Two, the Japanese submarine I-21 attempted to shell Newcastle and the BHP Steel Works. Fortunately most of the shells missed or failed to explode with no-one hurt and only Read more
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Box Vale Walking Track Tunnel
Box Vale Walking Track and Tunnel Only a ten-minute drive from the centre of Mittagong, the Box Vale Walking Track and Tunnel is an amazing bush walk. Not only do you get to see Australian bush, but a rail cutting and old, disused tunnel. There are two easily accessible places to start the walk. The Read more