GrahamH's photos

Dinner as served to me by my wife on Friday 03/01/25.

On 25/12/24 my wife, myself and some visiting family remembered the birth of Jesus with others. A view of the church we are part of. On Christmas Day my wife and I worked the projection and sound for the 7:30 and 9:30 services. Another man worked the livestreaming to YouTube for both services. www.stbarts.com.au www.youtube.com/@StBartsToowoomba

Two axles and wheels from one of the bogies standing in the workshop. The other two axles are away having the wheels milled to correct shape and matching size. November 2024.

The bogies have been dismantled. The frames have been sandblasted and undercoated. They are waiting for work to be completed on the wheels and suspension components. November 2024.

At DownsSteam work restoration work has started. The cooling system and its canopy have been removed form the short end and the diesel engine has been removed from the long end along with most of the bodywork. The bogies have been removed and the loco is on stands. Part of the long end chassis has been sandblasted and undercoated. November 2024

At DownsSteam work restoration work has started. The cooling system and its canopy have been removed form the short end and the diesel engine has been removed from the long end along with most of the bodywork. The bogies have been removed and the loco is on stands. Also see PiP. November 2024

A train of empty grain wagons, operated by Watco, travelling South past DownsSteam. Photographed here while standing on the long end of DS's recently acquired old diesel, currently up on blocks with the wheelsets/bogies removed. One bogie frame without wheels can be seen in undercoat grey on the yellow stands. The wheels are being prepared for milling to ensure they are all the same size and are the correct shape. I've spent most of my recent days here investigating and photographing the electricals of this loco. November 2024. See PiP for another view. HFF to my Ipernity viewers for 15/11/24 with multiple fences.

Decorative boats on the moat adjacent to the Tonle Om / South Gate into Angkor Thom, North of Siem Reap Cambodia. September 2024. HBM to all for 04/11/24.

A construction zone somehwere between the city centre and the airport seen in late afternoon from a train in Singapore. October 2024. HFF to my Ipernity viewers for 01/11/24.

Feeding the fish in Siem Reap's Angkor Botanical Gardens. See PiP. September 2024. HFF for 25/10/24 to my Ipernity viewers.

Reflection in the afternoon light in the moat of a structure on the side of the causeway leading to Angkor Wat. September 2024. HWW to viewers for 23/10/24.

A view from a practice run to Clifton with loco 1037 hauling the SX cars, somewhere between Greenmount and Cambooya. A selection of fences and a black soil track. July 2024. HFF to my viewers for 18/10/24.

One of many small areas within the Bayon temple which is open to the sky. This building was modified at various times by different Angkor kings which seems to be the reason for many styles seen as one wanders around the site. September 2024. HWW for 16/10/24 to all who look here.

DownsSteam has bought a diesel hydraulic loco. This requires a bit of work, a year or two, but then will allow us to run loco hauled trains during fire bans and rescue any failure by a steam or railmotor train. The loco was originally owned by Queensland Rail but when no longer needed there was bought by Bundaberg Sugar for conversion from 3 foot 6 inch to 2 foot gauge but this never happened (the Mill operates a 2 foot gauge system which moves harvested sugar cane from the field to the mill during harvest season). Four members travelled here to prepare it for being craned onto a truck which carried it to Toowoomba the next day. This shot and the 2 PiPs were taken when we first arrived. October 2024

Two people seem happy to be here. HBM to my viewers for 14/10/2024 Memory Park at Hazelbrook in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney where we lived for a decade from 1977. There was children's play equipment then which our older ones enjoyed and an older style picnic table. The park area has also shrunk due to widening the highway above to the right. Also see the PiP.

This bottlebrush shrub/tree and another smaller one with it appeared in a plant pot of their own accord. I planted them out to a suitable place. The trunks are only 6" / 15cm apart due to the roots having intertwined themselves in the pot. The yellowness of this one is faded when viewed on my laptop but shows brilliantly on an extension screen. This is the first year it has flowered. See PiPs. September 2024.

DownsSteam ran both steam locos in a double header on 19/09/2024. Two classic vehicle owners had their vehicles out to get photos with the locos.

A snap from a tuktuk of the moat around Angkor Wat. September 2024.