Puddings in Castlemaine
Nicky meets a savvy lady who's turned a family recipe into the basis of a successful business.
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A Visit to Castlemaine
Discover Castlemaine in Central Victoria - a relaxed town with a sophisticated feel in a stately 19th century setting....
HT Holden station wagon build EP 1
This is the first episode of our latest build,
We bring in Marc's almost factory HT holden station wagon, complete with custom stick on chrome trim and a dirty fox tail on the aerial!
Here at the Castlemaine Rod Shop we thought it was well over due for a birthday.
So in the coming weeks we will do a complete overhaul on the running gear to show you what needs to be done.
A 6ltr LS/4L65e Engine & trans combo has been selected to power the wagon.
Wilwood disc brakes will stop it on the front and on the rears.
A Rod Shop 9 inch diff will also be fitted.
We will attempt to show you everything that needs to be done from the engine swap to fitting an EFI fuel pump and connecting the wiring loom.
This episode we take the Wagon for its last drive with a Very under powered 186 holden 6cyl And we have some old fashioned fun with an engine blow up!! we hold it flat to see how long the old 186 can handle no oil and water!
Motorcycle ride to Castlemaine & Mt Alexander
Short Motorcycle trip to Castlemaine's Restorers Barn and back to bendigo via Mount Alexander. Just a bit of testing out the video camera.
John Kelly's House
As a child, Ned Kelly (1854-1880) one of Australia's most infamous bushrangers, lived in John Kelly's Former House which was built by his father John 'Red' Kelly in 1860.
John Kelly was born in Tipperary, Ireland in 1820 and transported to Australia in 1841. Once a free man, he moved near Wallan Wallan in 1849 and in 1850 married Ellen Quinn and bought a forty one acre farm at Beveridge in 1854 which he later sold. In 1859 John Kelly purchased a smaller 21 acre (8.5ha) property and in 1860 the dwelling known as the John Kelly House was constructed using materials he could obtain from the bush, including local bluestone for the chimney. The Kelly family, including Ned, resided in the Beveridge house until 1864 when the family moved to Avenel.
Description: John Kelly's Former House c.1860 is a vernacular timber cottage with a corrugated iron roof. It was originally a three room cottage but has had additions most likely during the second half of the nineteenth century. It now has eleven rooms. There is a well on site, water tank, early fence posts and two trees, one on the eastern and one on the western boundaries of the property. The plan form of the original section of the house appears to relate to Irish cottage traditions. The construction and detailing of the roof, including the use of bush poles, shingles, transverse split timber boards, gutter details and the absence of eaves are not known elsewhere in Victoria. There is a bluestone chimney with brick-lined sides and a brick paved verandah structure of chamfered posts, a low pitch roof with machine sawn rafters. Internally the house has a main room and a second room opening off it. The main room is entered by a door in the western wall which has a Carpenter Patent Lock. There is a former cupboard to the left of the fireplace, an adzed timber post on the north eastern side corner of the room, a former window and a 0.91mx0.61m (3ftx2ft) sash window in the eastern wall. There is a plywood and strapwork dado. The second room opening from the main room appears to have been originally divided in two. It is of exposed split 30.5cm (12inch) timber. This second room has a cupboard and a 0.91mx0.61m (3ftx2ft) sash window in the western wall. A former door opening from the main room into what was the third room is visible inside the cupboard. The eastern wall of the house collapsed prior to 1992 but has been made good.
The original house has been extended across its southern side and a door has been set at the south end of the verandah which runs along the eastern external wall of the original house. This door leads to a hall way with six rooms opening off it. The extensions are of split paling weatherboard and include three brick fireplaces. On the western side of the house a brick paved laundry with former fireplace and copper and a bathroom have been built off the west end of the former verandah that was located along the eastern, southern and western side of the extensions. There is evidence that two other rooms were formed by enclosing sections of the verandah. The house was originally surrounded by a fence.
This site is part of the traditional land of the Wurundjeri people.
1964 RHD Australian Thunderbird
This video is about Lyle t bird
project ford 3
A barn find 1965 xp ford ute
not really just prepareing the car to be taken to the metal blasters to be cleaned up and a lick of paint ,so out of storage it comes to have rides on trailers so it can eventually look pretty, and some loopy dogs thrown in as well
Tuff LS1 HG holden ute. Aussie shed talk
This build has been a long one for the man himself and AST host AKA GASKO. We check out the mith and madness which started life as a running, driving HG Holden Belmont ute. Dan purchased this stocker from a farmer in west NSW, Australia a short 5 years ago and since has been building the thing into a EXTREMELY tuff ute, featuring a Built LS1, Turbo 400 Trans and 9' diff. This sleeper is going to turn heads. Stay tuned for future updates on this build.
Hosts Clay & Dan
Film: Clayton Barnes
Edit: Clayton Barnes
*** Please note this is our hobby and recommend your see a professional mechanic instead of following out tech.. please people be safe
ANGRMS Action
After completing some work on our 6wDM Bundaberg Jenbach Netherdale, the opportunity was taken to have a test run before shunting Hudswell Clarke Melbourne out onto the mainline and down to the station ready for the boiler to be removed for further inspection on the road to restoration.
The Muckleford Plummet
A little frolic on the way back from the Feral Train Chase.
Picton Miniature Railway 14/4/2015
On Tuesday 14/4/2015 Whilst being in Picton enjoying an hours break after the first half of the Trip on the Coastal Pacific from Christchurch to Picton I had a bit of a look around the Picton station area and found this Neat Miniature Railway and thought about getting a few videos of the Mini railway and thats exactley what I did. I only got 4 video shots of the railway as I wanted to make sure I got back to the Picton Station on time before the Coastal Pacific left Picton.
With NZ RailAction
Uploaded & Published 23/6/2015
Enjoy!!!!!
The Business Accelerator
From the small country town of Castlemaine International award winning business strategy expert Aaron Parsons aka 'The Business Commando' has combined his lifetime of business experience, entrepreneurship degree, innovative business strategies and training as a Commando in the Australian Special Forces to become a leader in Strategic Business Building on a global scale.
Aaron only works in 1 of his 5 companies today.
He has mentored business owners with his Commando Business Success Formula to build seven figure businesses and profit growth of 504% in as little as 5 months. Aaron has trained over 1,000 entrepreneurs around the world and has been featured regularly in the media, including ABC radio as the Strategic Business Building expert. He's shared the stage with some of the most successful entrepreneurs on the planet training business owners and entrepreneurs with his powerful low-cost 'Hyper-Effective' Marketing strategies and Strategic Entrepreneur Success Principles.
Aaron loves giving back to social causes and is passionate about The Ripple Effect of Entrepreneurship
HZ Premier Turbo LS
1978 Holden HZ Premier with a Turbo LS1
1960 thunderbird happy dance
First start in 17 years
hot rod show melbourne 4
hot rod show melbourne 4
#January 2015
Traction Engine Unrestored
This ones not going to be restored by it's present owner. Plans are to keep it as it is but stay in working condition.
55 Chevy Final Objective Merlin Engine at Barrett Jackson - Power Brake TV
Here Bob and Matt visit Barrett Jackson in Scottsdale, AZ. We saw many fine cars - many, many fine cars.
Sponsored by SPE∑D (Sweeting Performance Engineering Marketing & Design)
- We're not arrogant... prideful maybe, unapologetically boastful and a little cocky, yes, but look at our work and you'll see why. Performance Air-Hydraulic Systems & Bosch Hydro-Boost™ Kits
About SPE∑D:
We build and Rebuild endless varieties of new and classic brakes for every type of vehicle and trailer. It started with George Sweeting as Power Brake Service in 1950 who worked for the railroads and Lockhead, then run by his son Bob Sweeting who learned about modifying cars while drag racing in the 60's, and Bob's son Matt Sweeting (who grew up in all of this) is now running SPE∑D, a company that designs and fabricates good looking and well working automotive products.
PBS was a Warehouse Distributor for Bendix for 20 years until they sold they sold their Power Brake Division to Bosch, which is when we became a special modification contractor with Bosch for their power brakes - which come on most new American vehicles. Our ability to design brake systems, rather than just replace rotors and pads, has taken us to amazing places and we have worked on amazing projects. We have:
Hydro-Boost Conversions
Vacuum Brake - Conversions, Upgrades, and Modifications
Wilwood and Brembo Disc Brake Kits
Master Cylinders
Stainless Braided Hoses
Classic Car / Muscle Car Stock Brake Restoration and Rebuilding (Corvette, Camaro, Chevelle, Mustang, Ford & GM Truck, Mopar, Rolls Royce)
Light Truck / Medium Truck Hydro-Boost Replacement Parts and Conversions
Medium Truck / Heavy Truck Hydro-Max, Air brake, and Air-hydraulic systems - and Hydro-Max Conversions for the obsolete Delco Hypower
Conversions for the obsolete Buick Grand National, T-bird SC, Land Rover, Jeep and all other electric brake booster / electric powermasters
Modified brakes for Altered Bed Fleet Vehicles
Modified sensitivity for the Handicaped
Disc/Drum and Disc/Disc Proportioning Valves
We have worked on everything from propane powered trams to roller coasters, cranes, parade floats, multi engine street rods, classic european cars, double decker buses, and a Freightliner racing truck. Our favorite is working on big engine muscle cars that make too little vacuum and need more stopping power.
my neighbors' original old cars