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We get to sing and play ukulele,&#8221; K2 says.<br \/>\nThe VGR Steam Train for Kids will be running this Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the school term break now in full swing, a special steam train running between Castlemaine and Maldon has been&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":3431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,8,14,16,12,15,423],"tags":[124,100,983],"ppma_author":[5230],"class_list":["post-3430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-featured","category-latest","category-leisure","category-local-news","category-latest-news","category-travel","tag-castlemaine","tag-maldon","tag-victorian-goldfields-railway-steam-train-for-kids"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Let off some steam! 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