Ben Lomond in Australia and Scotland

[Taffy Cross]

Hi all,

Just came across this photo in a FB group and it is the station sign on a platform at Ben Lomond in NSW Australia and I thought I would check how high Ben Lomond the mountain is in Scotland.

Ben Lomond in Scotland 3,196 ft

Ben Lomond in NSW 4,473 ft

Bye for now,

Stephen.

 

[gazthomas]

While in New Zealand, Ben Lomond is 5,735 feet

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

There are also Ben Lomonds in Canada (New Brunswick, and British Columbia (5426ft)) and in the US (California).
Wherever Scots settled I guess.

 

[rangersac]

There's also a Ben Lomond in Tasmania that clocks in at 5,175ft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Lomond_(Tasmania)

 

[Taffy Cross]

Hi all,

It is the railway station in the small town of Ben Lomond, I am not even sure that there is a mountain of the same name close by. What is clear is it is / was Australia’s highest railway station. This a bit about Ben Lomond ...

Ben Lomond is home to several tourist attractions, including home stays, the longest hand cut railway cutting in Australia, the highest passenger railway station in the southern hemisphere (at the time of the construction of the railway), and a scattering of old and historical relics of past times in and around the ...

Bye for now,

Stephen.