Photo Gallery
Authors Barbara Want and Audienne Blyth celebrate the launch of the book “Nambour : A Pictorial History” with Member for Nicklin Peter Wellington and Councillor Paul Tatton
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Public Telephone Recovery Team in Action
With news of an original wooden public telephone cabinet being offered to the museum, a team of volunteers prepared for difficult task of a back yard recovery from a private residence. There were no dogs present but many other obstacles and challenges confronted the team before it was safely collected from Caloundra and transported to the museum workshop for some repairs. The unit served customers in this area for many years and will be an invaluable addition to the telecommunications collection at the Nambour Museum
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| Donor Alan Nichol provides a briefing to (l to r) Les Farmer, Frank Zealey, Brian Klease and Ron Bartlett. | Frank reckons the phone still works and there's a caller on the line . . . but is he just kidding? |
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| The cabinet is all tied down for the road home but there are still some fence repairs to be completed. | It might look like an undertaker's scene from an old western as the body is returned for examination and preparation. |
Railway Crane Recovery Team in Action
The Nambour Museum was informed that it could retrieve an old crane from the Cooroy railway yards but this particluar crane was old and heavy and mounted high above the ground on a large concrete turret. Nevertheless, an enthusiastic team of volunteers jumped at the challenge and after much hard work the crane has found a new home at the museum. Some additional work is required before it can be modified and erected as a working unit in conjunction with the railway exhibition.
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| The crane in its original location and condition at Cooroy | The inspection team of Chris Buckman, Ron Bartlett and Frank Zealey check out the flooring and mountings |
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| Chris Buckman sets about the task of separating the steel mountings from the concrete base | Back on the ground, Chris Buckman guides Brian Klease and Ron Bartlett in the dismantling process |
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| Action is well in progress when the Sunlander passes through Cooroy railway station | Bell's Transport supported the Nambour Museum in this exercise by transporting the bulky and heavy equipment from Cooroy to Nambour |