Type : Station
Line : North Coast Line
Distance from Sydney : 756.506km
Location : -29.250456, 152.964901
Opened : 6 November 1905
Closed : 30 June 1974 (station) 1983 (signal box), passengers services suspended December 1969.
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After an Aboriginal word meaning "wind" - therefore "Windy Creek"
Notes : 3rd April 1905; prior to official opening was one of the stations in the section that had a twice weekly goods and passenger train operated by the Construction Branch. Opened with a 594 metre long loop. The original timber platform was 65.5 metres long and was situated on the Down side, it was later extended to 74.37 metres. 6/4/1906 - 5 ton crane installed. 7/4/1925 - goods siding interlocked. 9/12/1925 - loop line extended by 365'. 1927 - temporary dead end siding for sleeper loading provided. 23 & 24/6/1948 - automatic staff exchanger brought into use. 27/7/1983 - CTC introduced. 5 ton crane deleted in 1988. Between July and October 1987 all three residences were sold. 9th June 2010, passing loop removed. Location's level crossing was at various times attended and unattended. This was another station that had no nearby township (Whiporie being the closest which had a station).
Camira Creek, 1982 (Greg Lee)
Camiira Creek (1982, Greg Lee)
The 1/2km marker in the centre of the picture marks the position of the former Camira Creek station. (2-Oct-2005)
[Copyright: Peter Ware]
Location of Camira Creek station (Six Maps)
Neil Ervin at camira Creek (undated) (Heather Ervin)
Donald Bourke:
The siding had a hand operated gantry crane. Two of the swsas were Gerry English and Dave Harris. Probably had the crane as it was big on timber early on and the Old Tenterfield Road only 50 yards away
Ray Geraghty:
They loaded timber girders there as late as 1966.contractor was blue morris he loaded timber at Rappville camira creek and banyabba .he was assisted by his brother Bob and Bob bennett
Remains of the lamp room at Camira Creek (supplied).
Camira Creek (from our "Rovering Reporter)
Camira Creek (from our "Rovering Reporter")
No. 3 Brisbane Express at Camira Creek, 13/02/1954 (Records NSW)
Camira Creek water supply
Camira Creek, 1/7/1982 (State Archives)
Neil Ervin @ or near Camira Creek
Another of the series of Type K0 signal boxes constructed along this section of line. RT Taaffe
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Photo Graham Howard
Circa 1981
Greg Riddel
Camira Creek layout, pre-CTC 1983