On Fri, 11 Jun 2021 10:30:25 +1000, Mal Rowe wrote:

>1. The Christchurch restaurant tram is 411 (pic attached with driver

>Larry Day of the Tramway Historical Society).


Yes, I was having a dyslexic moment.
I had uploaded a stack of CHC Restaurant Trams (Nov 2018) to my website, but they've disappeared (?) and I was trying to multi-task replying to emails while looking for about 20-30 missing CHC images. I may need to redo them.

>(I recommend booking early - and the Mud House wines !)


The day the trans-Tasman bubble was announced a couple of months ago, we booked the Restaurant Tram first <g!> - got the last table on the tram for the day it was operating (was only operating two of the four nights we were staying in CHC), then the Quest apartments above, then our flights (to earn double status credits). Also booked 27 Steps - brilliant restaurant right on New Regent Street and likewise had to ring them as was almost fully booked.

Hopefully Ferrymead will be open, but like too many museums has non-existent public transport access. Rental cars are $130 for a Yaris for a day - arrrgh! so Uber may be an option instead: I just experimented with Uber Quest -> Ferrymead and Uber App tells me it wants NZ$23. In November 2018 daily car rental was $45, so just like Tassie, rental car companies are gouging customers to make up for lost revenue.

>2. There is a functional Restaurant tram in Victoria - Ballarat Tramway

>Museum has 939 - as "Cuthberts" and in normal times it is heavily booked

>for weddings, parties, anything.


Does it have a regular run for normal pax? or just for special occasions? (Is COTMA booking for an evening meal?)

>Mal Rowe - who enjoys a restaurant with a view that moves


Aah, so you like revol(t)ving restaurants as well?

Yuri.
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