Turn back time these school holidays

School aged children across the region are invited to come along for a free school holiday workshop to recreate the railway journey from Orange to Blayney, as it happened 140 years ago.

Orange City Council’s Services Policy Committee Chair Ron Gander said the program was a great hands-on activity designed to teach kids about the early railway journeys through the region.

“The first school holiday program run in January was a huge success with hundreds of kids and their carers joining in to build a volcano,” Cr Gander said.

“I’m expecting this one called Rolling Railways, to be well received also, as children in each session get to add scenery, buildings and tracks to the large scene on the floor depicting the journey from Blayney to Orange.

“It will be a collaboration between all the kids as they piece together the journey over the three days the workshops will run. And they get to take home their own hand-made little train.

“The Rolling Railways workshop coincides with the 140th anniversary of the first steam train rolling into Orange on April 19, 1877.”

Sessions go for up to an hour, from April 19 to April 21, are suitable for children aged 5 to 11, and bookings are essential.

Call the Orange Regional Museum to secure a place on 6393 8444 or email museum@orange.nsw.gov.au