Work well underway on Wattle Park iconic trams

[Malcolm Miles]

“Wattle Park’s love affair with trams is set to roll on as two iconic heritage trams are being given a second lease on life as unique picnic shelters for families to enjoy when visiting the park. The new tram-shaped picnic shelters form part of Parks Victoria’s Wattle Park upgrades. The two new W-Class tram-shaped picnic shelters will replace the park’s existing tram shelters which have been damaged by vandalism.”

 

“Tram-shaped” being the operative word here. Looking at the photos, there doesn’t appear to be much original left of SW5 777. Does anyone know which other tram is being turned into a “unique picnic shelter”?

 

All aboard! Work well underway on Wattle Park iconic trams

 

Best wishes,

Malcolm

 

[Mal Rowe]

The two trams are 777 and 746.

Mal Rowe - attaching a pic of 746 when it was on loan from Brunswick for the race traffic at Moonee Valley a few years back.

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[Andrew Cook]

777 appears to be arriving rather than leaving Bendigo. All of the tram bodies that have gone to Wattle Park are minus their bogies and vandal proofed on steroids! They even use anti-graffiti paint.

Cheers,

Andrew Cook, former volunteer at Bendigo Tramways. 

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[Andrew Cook]

Here's some happy snaps I took at an open day at the Bendigo tram depot on 17 May, 2025. Ballarat No. 34 up in the air, one of the Wattle Park Ws in the paint shop, another Wattle Park W being super vandal proofed in the shed and SW5 773 being prepared for use as another cafe tam/bar (as I was told).

Cheers,

Andrew Cook.

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