home made lawn mower

This is my son Tim at 14 years of age with his home made lawnmower.It has Datsun wheels and diff and a Holden gearbox, and is driven by a Honda 10hp engine driving a loose belt clutch.The steering wheel is from a Toyota Dyna truck.It cuts grass 3 ft. high at about 2 miles an hour. It has three cutting decks underneath and cuts three feet wide..Cheers Stewart

opal mining

This is my mate Ray and the contraption is used to lift spoils from an opal mine.I will ask Ray if he wants to do an article on the subject? It is amasing what they do but they are a close nit bunch and dont like to be in the public eye.

electric vehicle

This was my sons first attempt at a electric vehicle, he was 11 years old at the time. He went on to become a electrical engineer, He also built a hydraulic front end loader by the time he was 14 years old and got first in the solar boat race in Canberra with David Hughes when he was 16. Too bad about high school...cheers Stewart

Junee fires

This is Brain Beasley's burnt out workshop. it was an old 1800's house with hand hewen logs and had some of the most beautiful hand crafted bodgered wood pieces I have ever seen.. All gone. There was 30 or so properties distroyed by this fire leaving people without homes and farms.
Brian examining the destruction. Brian is an amazing man and gives so much to his community, I say good luck Brian.

This is Brians workshop before the  fires. Every thing was lost.cheers Stewart
Just a little lighter note this is Wollongong's Belmore basin light house,(lit at night for a once only occasion I think)..
Hows this for regeneration?

Art thats not art

This fire was lit by an unnamed person (I know his name and it wasn't me) on good Friday so I call him and this photo "Moses and the burning bush"
This is the thinker out of cardboard on a chair It stands on one leg and hangs out to the side.I thought it looked OK but the critics didn't so I burnt it..
This is wood heap art it left great shadows on the lawn,sort of like a fairy would build. cheers Stewart

Jetty at rileys flat Gundagai

Polly the dog on jetty at Gundagai
This is Rosie on another jetty I built with the owners son Andrew Flower in Wylangta in Tasmania this one was made out of rounds and wired together.


This is the jetty I built on the river bank atGundagai. It was made from timber from the rubbish tip,I bought and some screw rod to put it all together at a cost of $8Au.The river was down and it will have water under it for a couple of months of the year when they are irrigating out on the riverina. cheers Stewart

locomotive 7 1/4"

This little train has 5hp and is able to go flat out forward and go flat out in reverse skidding the wheels while going forward.The radiator is from a bigger train I made it was 2ft gauge this one is 7.25 inch gauge.The black and white is the first train completed that's Tim sitting in the train..This train is for sale. cheers Stewart