The sole workable survivor awaits restoration by Steamranger at its Mt. Barker depot. It’s number 520, first of the 520 class of streamlined, South Australian designed and built, large steam passenger loco’s. Designed as a fast engine capable of running on light tracks, 520 and I were born on the same day in 1943 when WWII prevented the importing of overseas equipment.
Framed size about 60cms x 77cms.
Intended as a donation to Steamranger, for fundraising.
How I imagine the Charleston Station would have looked. It was on the Balhannah to Mount Pleasant line, 1918 to 1963. The locomotive is a ‘Mikado’, a heavy goods type frequently used here, and the station building, just a shelter with a primitive toilet, is as per an original plan.
Framed size about 60cms x 77cms.
For sale
Once the stable for a neighbouring house, it’s now the office and residence for the caravan park. The cobbled ground floor and some of the old timber stalls still exist inside.
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55 x 43
One of the main thoroughfares of this beautiful city, flanked by offices and apartment buildings.
I perched on my folding stool on the footpath to paint this as the office workers hurried by early one morning.
We often ate in this café on the corner.
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49 x 59
A beautiful bay at the foot of a stunning town of white weatherboard two-story houses straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting.
This is a pretty rocky coastline where the tidal range is huge.
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60 x 77
A peaceful stretch of water curving round behind the ancient castle and reaching a dead-end, but who cares?
It used to serve some long-forgotten industrial purpose and now it’s maintained just for the tourists.
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