I would have loved one of these model steam engines as a kid. Now I get to travel on steam trains & steam paddlewheelers instead.

If you're into great covers, have a listen to this, do your ears a favour.

I do like when a good song is extended. Enjoy great harmonies.

Sunset at The Pinnacles, Western Australia, last year. The one on the left shows the mound changing from yellow to gold with the setting sun. An amazing place.

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I have a now quite elderly Marantz receiver, it has done a great job over many years.

Deep breath. You’ll be fine

A new office cat joined this week. Steve is doing the onboarding. Steve loves cats.

A beaver from Lae.

No caption but I think this is Marilyn Monroe.

One of my favourite Stones tracks.

Ray Charles.

I do like pocketwatches. This one is rather special.

Peter & Jane Asher. They are siblings.

No invites

Always remember that listening to music can be the entire activity. Put on headphones. Blast it through speakers. Close your eyes and just listen. Listening to music is not a background activity. It can be the entire journey, and it's worth the time.

Keith, Brian & Mick. Not sure who the girl is, Brain had quite a few girlfriends.

Bill, the tourist train, getting up steam for todays rides at Semaphore, South Australia.

A squirrel by Lae. The body is made from alpaca wool, tail from feathers.

Another pair of unlikely animals friends.

I once had a National (now Panasonic) reel to reel mono valve tape recorder which I recorded songs off the radio & spliced them together. It did take a couple of minutes to warm up but it had a terrific tone. This was during the sixties.

Chuck Berry & Keef.

You can get unlikely animal friends.

This is a baby pygmy hippo.