On 28/07/2021 16:26, Andrew Cook wrote:
> Just over fifty years ago (gasp), Ballarat's first tram route was closed and replaced by gas guzzling buses. The Victoria Street to Gardens via Sturt Street West route finished up on Sunday, 22 August, 1971. Here are a few (un)happy snaps I took at the time, following a weekend (including a 'sickie') burning through slide film--

> 03007--Car 17 crosses Car 13 (on the last short working to Sturt Street West) at Parker Street loop, in Sturt Street West. 20 August, 1971.

Thanks Andrew!  That pic in Sturt St west is just mind boggling by today's standards - and even the standards of the 1970s.

It's at: https://tdu.to/i/78675

For those unfamiliar with the situation, 17 has just pulled out to face on-coming traffic on the Western Highway through Ballarat.

Mal Rowe - still gob-smacked