Today was pancakes .... then Aunty Moo's .... and the on the way home we stopped in at Whiteman Park. Kaylia had "train time" with Naomi while I had a trip down memory lane in the tractor museum.
Today was a "running day" where they start up the tractors and drive them round. It was good to hear machines coming to life. I'm going to join the group as a volunteer and see if it can fit in with our life style.
This is a famous tractor! "Tail end Charlie" has been around Australia 3 times as the rescue vehicle for rallies. It's a really significant part of the history of WA .... in the 50's Chamberlain began producing tractors in Welshpool .... the only component not made in WA was the Perkins engine. In about 1965 I was on a school excursion to tour the Welshpool plant ... what an experience that was. It was the first time I had seen parts being cast and then machined into components.
I had grown up near the Wundowie pig iron smelter .... the step before this ... so by the time I was 14 I was familiar with the whole manufacturing process.
A Ruston Hornsby .... used for power generation in the thirties. This engine was started while I was there. It took three men to turn it over and get it spinning fast enough to run.
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