#85 Nov/Dec/Jan

Logging Operations in the Central North West Coast of Tasmania - After World War II

At the end of the Second World War, Australia went into rebuild mode. Sawn timber was in short supply on the mainland of Australia, as a direct result of Darwin’s bombings by the Japanese in 1942-43. One-third of the city’s homes were badly...

1949 M L Bedford Truck

I drove past this old girl on a regular basis, sitting in the paddock behind a farmhouse in the village of Dalgety, NSW. She was buried deep in grass and the bonnet was missing. The idea to rescue her eventually got the better of me, and I thought...