International Railroad Discussion > Sydney and Melbourne hobby shops

I'm making a trip to Australia and am wondering if there are any good train related hobby shops in Syd and Mel that are accessible by public transportation?

Thank you.

Can you tell me what you are looking for. Scale and nationality?
Sydney and Melbourne do have a couple of very good model train shops close to railway stations.
But you will be disappointed if you are after American prototype.
There are more shops around, but Australian prototype models are now readily available here. 
They are as good as the best from the US. 
The internet allows us to order things from the rest of the world at reasonable rates.
Any questions and I will try to answer them.

Graham.

There is one shop here in Sydney that might be of interest to you then.
The Australian Railway Historical Society NSW division has a shop at Waterloo that could be useful,
a large selection of new and second hand books, as well as their research area.
On line as well I think.

Graham.

I would like to endorse Train World, 290 Bay St., Brighton (Melbourne) VIC which is practically in sight of the North Brighton station on the Sandringham line. They have a lot of used railroad books that tend towards Australian and British coverage.

It has been a few years, but isn't there a nice railroad-themed bookstore at the main station in Sydney?

The shop that was at Central Railway Station is now near the new Metro station at Waterloo.
Graham.

Same question as the O.P., but for the Brisbane/Sunshine Coast area, which I will be visiting in late March/early April 2025   
My interest is HO scale rolling stock for the Transition Era of the 1950's.

Model railroad layouts in this region of any scale open to visitors from the USA for ops sessions or simply viewing would be a bonus.

TIA.

Hakk