Bob grew up in Newcastle, living near Cardiff railway station and developed a love of trains after watching the daily Newcastle Flyer race to and from Sydney. After retiring from his work in education in Sydney, Bob and Margaret moved to a farm in Oberon nine years ago and are kept busy raising Angus cattle.

In the past nine years Bob has been involved in community activities and has been a member of OTHR's Committee of Management and was the Publicity Officer for four and a half years. He is now working quietly behind the scenes helping with OTHR's mountain of paperwork.