Roderick Smith Many tested their mettle prospecting for Tasmania's tin. Nigel Burch, Launceston Historical Society May 29 2022 If you turn right at Avoca and drive 15 kilometres on, you'll find yourse

There is a company now called Wise (formerly Transferwise) at www.wise.com that offers international bank transfers on line at very competitive rates, certainly much better than the big banks in Austr

Roderick Dam fine project helped progress flow for Tasmania's north Nigel Burch, Launceston Historical Society May 8 2022 There is something awe-inspiring about big civil engineering projects, where r

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Between Harcourt and Ravenswood, c1863, just to the south of the "The Porcupine" where the Bendigo road crossed the 'Main line', there existed a ballast siding. The substantial stone crushing machines

Hi all, I was talking with a colleague of mine tonight about Vulcan locos from USA that came to Australia which led me to look at the Vulcan list which I share here (looks to be a total of 11 locos).

Roderick Smith I traced VR and the quarry with an ARHS group in about 1970. Dec 1 2021 Heatherlie Quarry: The ugly, abandoned hole that created Melbourne Brian Johnston Heatherlie Quarry near the Gram

*** Dec 1 2021 Heatherlie Quarry: The ugly, abandoned hole that created Melbourne Brian Johnston Heatherlie Quarry near the Grampians was the source of stone for many of Melbourne's most important bui

Hi Folks Since some are not on Facebook, I am advising that John Paff has just released his latest (2021) Aus Tracks Google Earth kmz overlay file. This is sometimes termed the Hairyleg file as that w

A massive collection of the Industrial Railway Record in beautiful condition is available free to a good home. It consists of all issues from 47 to 179 inclusive, missing only issues 48, 69 and 82; al

Graeme's funeral: 15.30 Friday: http://www.myeventlive.com.au/gi/ It is restricted to 20 by covid rules. I'm attending. AFAIK Frank is attending. Roderick

I posted this to TDU via the group site to keep it in a thread. This sad news hits hard: I am also over three score years and ten. Graeme and I were contemporaries: part of a wide friendship circuit s

On my first visit to Sri Lanka, I travelled on the surviving portion of the 762 mm gauge. On my second trip, the line had been converted to bg, but some equipment had been retained in working order, a

Help please, I'm trying to find my photos of this day, but can't find a date as an entry point. I have gone brute force from 1988 to 1993 for a different project. My memory is that our inspection was

Dear all, Greetings from the UK. A friend in Melbourne recently sent me a copy of 'Australia's Colourful American Locomotives'. It's a superb publication - congratulations to the author and publisher

Hi there YRRAS members. I have just joined the group and am asking if anyone can help with information or photos. I am building a 7 1/4” gauge model of ‘Little Yarra’, the 1912 Baldwin built 2-4-0 tha

Sir, I received the latest Light Railways and was interested to see a follow up letter from Greg Oehm regarding the Davenport locos that I wrote about in recent times. I just want to say thanks for th

Roderick Smith Caribbean gardens market Scoresby: Chairlift, trains up for sale. Kimberley Seedy May 17, 2021 Knox Leader The community was devastated when Scoresby’s Caribbean Gardens and Market clos

A reminder - there are only eight days before the special pre-publication sale of this book is all over. If you are wavering - should I buy or not? - then consider this: the price will go from $102 to

Roderick How majestic giants were lost to support Melbourne’s boom. Mitchell Toy March 8, 2021 When a Victorian forests inspector led a team deep into uncharted woodland in 1872, what they found would