Steam trains once stopped here. They would chuff and whoosh to a halt, and visitors from Geelong or Ballarat would alight on their way to the racecourse or the spectacular Lal Lal Falls.
Children would skip along the platform waiting to commute to school, while local farmers popped into the post office that was once part of a busy community hub.
Now the bluestone building is empty and boarded up. Built in 1862 and once staffed by a score of employees, the Lal Lal railway station was decommissioned 40 years ago. The trains had already stopped coming three years earlier.
