Lord Faulkner has launched a new dedicated website to focus attention on the value of The Railway Heritage Committee, and why it should be saved

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association visit to Australia 2008

Whilst in Australia last year with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association I was able to add my own railway programme - visiting the steam railway in the Adelaide Hills and the railway museum in Perth.



I was fortunate to see the famous Zig-Zag railway in the Blue Mountains above Sydney. The commentary you can hear on the short video clip below is by Tim Fischer, former deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Country Party, who was recording for his Great Train Show on ABC Radio.

After the official delegation left for home I travelled to Cairns to speak to the annual meeting of the Australian Tourist Heritage Railway Association about the work of the Railway Heritage Committee.