EMERALD
Emerald is rarely encounted. Emerald
is a small town in the Dandenong Ranges that is both residential and
weekend hideaway. Emerald was once a little isolated, but is
increasingly becoming a Melbourne commute satellite town. Emerald is a
two part town. 
Emerald is known
for the Emerald Lake (Lake Treganowan). The lake offers barbecue
facilities, children's playgrounds, a pool, paddle boats, walking
tracks, fishing, Environment Centre, model railway, café and a railway
station for Puffing Billy.
The Puffing
Billy Railway is a heritage steam operated railway opened in 1900,
which runs between Belgrave and Gembrook, now recreating the heyday in
the 1920s of this narrow-gauge line. It has three stations within
Emerald—at Emerald, Nobelius and Lakeside, with Nobelius only being a
"Stops if required" station. Also, Nobelius Siding is located between
Emerald and Nobelius stations which is only stopped at for functions,
or the regular "Dinner Train" at the former Nobelius Nurseries Packing
Shed adjacent to the siding.  
Interestingly there is no pub in
Emerald.
The Emerald Museum is located south
east of the town proper,

The Catholic Church is a modern
building;
the United  
quite an old wooden structure and the Anglican an old representation.
The Emerald War Memorial is well
removed from either cbd and unsigned. 
Emerald is a remote spot, and if not
visited will not be missed. The modernising of the town has created
another Melbourne outer suburb.
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