Project – Institute Building

Thank you to everyone who came out today to help us celebrate the opening of the newly restored Cooma Railway Tennis Courts and Cooma Railway Institute Building. We are so excited to be able to be able to bring these facilities back to life and share them with the community once again. This restoration project was completed over the last two and a half years by our dedicated volunteers and was funded by NSW Government funds administered by Transport Heritage NSW. A huge thank you to our amazing volunteers who work tirelessly to complete these projects. They dedicate thousands [...]

After months of hard work from our volunteers, the restoration of our 1928 Tennis Courts and the Cooma Railway Institute Building are nearing completion. Our volunteers have been busy completing landscaping and concrete pathways around the precinct as well as rolling the courts and installing the lines. Unlike hardcourt tennis courts, our traditional clay-based surface requires constant rolling and maintenance to keep it in top condition and ready to play. This has been a huge project for our team of dedicated volunteers who have put in 100s of hours to get the project to where it is today. Stay [...]

Our volunteers have been working hard to complete work on the grounds around the restored Railway Institute Building at Cooma. In addition to the new garden and landscaping, the team have been laying new concrete pathways around the building as well as access paths to the tennis courts and pathways around the toilet block. Completing these pathways is the last step in a long project to bring the Institute Building and Tennis Courts back to life and back to the community.

It's been a couple of months since work commenced on the restoration of the Railway Institute Building and it's full steam ahead. Over the past two months, our volunteers have been busy preparing the exterior of the building for restoration, including: 🔹 Removal of the old timber sleeper retaining wall to be replaced with a 3m high concrete cast-sleeper retaining wall that will also create the footing for the visitor walking path. 🔹 Removal of the old tennis court fencing to be replaced with new poles and fencing. 🔹 Removal of the old pine awning that will be replaced with [...]