Tucked away in a Hobart City Council shed off the Brooker Highway in a former quarry sit three beautifully restored heritage trams rarely seen in public.
They were brought back to life by volunteers using lovingly crafted Tasmanian timbers such as Huon pine and King Billy pine in the early 2000s, after the original Hobart tram network was shut down in 1960 due to rising car ownership.Her daughter Emma Riley has fond childhood memories of her and her mother venturing to Oatlands and the Derwent Valley in pursuit of valuable tram parts that had been scattered around the state after their demise.
They were all part of her dream of one day seeing and hearing them returned to their rightful place rattling along tracks around the city of Hobart for locals and tourists to enjoy once again.Ahead of its time, Tasmania's capital city was the first place in the southern hemisphere to install a fully electric tram network back in 1893.
Put them in service. Cars suck.