McBride Tunnel Wonthaggi

McBride Tunnel Wonthaggi Wonthaggi began in 1909 when the state government decided to start the State Coal Mine. Wonthaggi has a great history which must be preserved. That is my dream.

McBride Tunnel is near the Western Area mine, sited between Number 5 Brace and the rail lines. This is a place to share your memories of growing up in and around Wonthaggi. I love what Parks and the volunteers have done at Eastern Area. But that is only one small part of the great SCM history surrounding us. I spent my childhood in and around the Western Area mines and Number 5 Brace at Wonthaggi.

I lived in Graham St just down from the hospital and many of my mates lived in South Dudley. We used to climb all over Number 5 Brace and we had underground huts in the pines area behind the pony club. We spent a lot of our time along the rail tracks which is now the rail trail. All of that happened around the McBride tunnel entrance and the Rescue Station. Now as an adult as I ride my bike on the rail trail I look at the area and, while the Rescue Station is a red for, the rest of the area s run down and a waste land. I recently contacted the Bass Coast shire about having them transform the area into a park. The location is perfect as it is near the start of the rail trail. Next time you pass this waste land picture what it would look like if it was treed and lawned, if there were tables and seats, if it was cared for and people were able to use it for picnics and recreation. I was told by the shire that it is not their area and I should contact Parks Victoria, which I did. ...but I don't hold out much hope as they have put all of their resources into the Eastern Area mines and they are only interested in basic land management in the western area. If I have sparked your interest then leave a status message and hopefully we can grow some support to turn this waste land into a wonderful parkland asset for our town. It would also be another lasting monument to the brave miners who worked in the Wonthaggi mines and to those who perished in the nearby mines and another memory of our mining history.

24/04/2025

absolute joke of a page. full of lies and deflections.

The Wonthaggi Beast :)... The Argus - 15th December, 1955
12/02/2019

The Wonthaggi Beast :)... The Argus - 15th December, 1955

03/02/2019
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/rendition/nla.news-page579427.pdf
31/01/2019

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/rendition/nla.news-page579427.pdf

30/01/2019

Mining at Wonthaggi from 1911, supplied coal for the steam locomotives of the Victorian Railways and for household and other users in Victoria. The mines closed…

1964 literary piece in the Wonthaggi Technical School BLACK DIAMOND by form VI student Jon Sleeman :)
13/12/2018

1964 literary piece in the Wonthaggi Technical School BLACK DIAMOND by form VI student Jon Sleeman :)

25/08/2018
21/04/2014

http://www.visitbasscoast.com/images/bass/Wonthaggi_History.pdf

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