Finders and Keepers of Faith
Nonfiction
Winning more friends
In 2002, after a rally to save the building and gardens at Mentone Station, the group Friends of Mentone Station and Gardens Inc was formed. Over the next two decades, this group worked hard to maintain the beauty of the area for the community to enjoy. This has included obtaining a State Heritage listing for the building and awards for the work done by the group.
In 2012, the group published, Winning Friends, to record the history to lead up to the 100 year anniversary of the station. Winning More Friends is the continuation of the story of the station and gardens and the work of the Friends group to maintain its heritage in the wake of a new station and the removal of level crossings. This story is testiment to the work of the community to maintain and preserve its public spaces
In 2002, after a rally to save the building and gardens at Mentone Station, the group Friends of Mentone Station and Gardens Inc was formed. Over the next two decades, this group worked hard to maintain the beauty of the area for the community to enjoy. This has included obtaining a State Heritage listing for the building and awards for the work done by the group.
In 2012, the group published, Winning Friends, to record the history to lead up to the 100 year anniversary of the station. Winning More Friends is the continuation of the story of the station and gardens and the work of the Friends group to maintain its heritage in the wake of a new station and the removal of level crossings. This story is testiment to the work of the community to maintain and preserve its public spaces
Shadows and Light
In 2005, eight veterans of war, along with their partners, embarked on a life-altering emotional journey. Participating in the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital’s Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Group Treatment Program, they boldly and bravely confronted years’ of trauma and emotional distress. Throughout their treatment they formed an unprecedented bond of friendship and solidarity, a bond that has held strong for fifteen years.
In Shadows and Light, they gather to share their stories and pass on all they have learnt throughout their years of treatment. With refreshing clarity, insight and, at times, humour, Shadows and Light takes readers through the pivotal moments of the veterans’ lives, offering guidance and reassurance along the way.
Through war, heartbreak, joy, pain, love and loss, the veterans and their partners prove that help is never far away, healing is always possible and hope is a powerful force.
In 2005, eight veterans of war, along with their partners, embarked on a life-altering emotional journey. Participating in the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital’s Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Group Treatment Program, they boldly and bravely confronted years’ of trauma and emotional distress. Throughout their treatment they formed an unprecedented bond of friendship and solidarity, a bond that has held strong for fifteen years.
In Shadows and Light, they gather to share their stories and pass on all they have learnt throughout their years of treatment. With refreshing clarity, insight and, at times, humour, Shadows and Light takes readers through the pivotal moments of the veterans’ lives, offering guidance and reassurance along the way.
Through war, heartbreak, joy, pain, love and loss, the veterans and their partners prove that help is never far away, healing is always possible and hope is a powerful force.
The Only Game in Town
This is the story of the development of remote-controlled railroad distributed motive power. It chronicles the history of LOCOTROL, the progenitor of what is now a more wide-spread technology, and arguably the single greatest technological advance for railroading since the introduction of both the automatic coupler and the air brake triple valve.
With 295 pages and 260 illustrations, this book is a well-researched work containing extensive information about the subject area, and comprising unabridged facts and history not previously collated with this degree of scope.
With a Foreword by an eminent Australian railway consultant, John Hearsch—whose expertise in railway executive management endorses and validates this inclusive work—this book contains authoritative complementary footnotes, a supportive List of Illustrations, and a comprehensive Index and Glossary. The author has spent several decades researching, collecting images, and creating and interpreting instructive and explanatory diagrams.
The Only Game In Town is the only known detailed history of these developments, is a remarkable contribution to such literature, and is offered to thoughtful followers of global railway operations – especially those with a desire for detail. It is recommended reading for both enthusiastic international railroaders and railroad enthusiasts.
This is the story of the development of remote-controlled railroad distributed motive power. It chronicles the history of LOCOTROL, the progenitor of what is now a more wide-spread technology, and arguably the single greatest technological advance for railroading since the introduction of both the automatic coupler and the air brake triple valve.
With 295 pages and 260 illustrations, this book is a well-researched work containing extensive information about the subject area, and comprising unabridged facts and history not previously collated with this degree of scope.
With a Foreword by an eminent Australian railway consultant, John Hearsch—whose expertise in railway executive management endorses and validates this inclusive work—this book contains authoritative complementary footnotes, a supportive List of Illustrations, and a comprehensive Index and Glossary. The author has spent several decades researching, collecting images, and creating and interpreting instructive and explanatory diagrams.
The Only Game In Town is the only known detailed history of these developments, is a remarkable contribution to such literature, and is offered to thoughtful followers of global railway operations – especially those with a desire for detail. It is recommended reading for both enthusiastic international railroaders and railroad enthusiasts.
Encounters
Bridging the Strait: A Salute to the First Man to Fly Across Bass Strait
Travelling with Cardboard Paul
The Scientific Names of North American Dragonflies