OTHR Members Profiles

Oberon Tarana Heritage Railway Inc.
Member Profiles - updated 5/4/2008

MEMBER	CLICK IMAGE TO VIEW RICHARD'S PROFILE
Member & Pacific National driver Richard Monk (2006)
MEMBER	CLICK IMAGE TO VIEW PETER'S PROFILE
Member & Rail Division, Pannawonica (WA) Engineman and Yard Foreman. Peter Walsham *(2007)*
MEMBER	CLICK IMAGE TO VIEW SHANE'S PROFILE
Shane Moorhead *President OTHR* When you want a job done, ask a busy man. OTHR's President, Shane Moorhead fits that description perfectly. Shane is shown here with baby daughter Ellie at the very successful Father's Day celebration and opening of the OTHR restoration project at Tarana in 2005.
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Rick Fletcher *(added 2007)* Rick's interest in the Oberon to Tarana railway's restoration was initially stimulated by a proposal to remove the track and infrastructure to make way for a rail trail. Concerned that the region would be losing an important item of rail heritage, Rick worked hard with a group of local people with similar views to establish OTHR.
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Peter Culley (added 2007) Trackmanager OTHR Peter toils away constantly on the track restoration tasks and comes up with lots of new ideas to make the job quicker and easier for our volunteers. He sets a cracking pace with his early morning starts during the working bees and it isn't unusual to see him working out on the line or at the shipping container on any day of the week. Many thanks to Peter for his good humour, dedication to the cause and willingness to put in the long hours to get the job done.
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Clive Payne (added April 2008) Fettler OTHR Clive is one of the regular volunteers at all our working bees and his tireless work as a fettler has contributed greatly to OTHR's progress on the line. Clive and his wife Irene live in Tarana and have become involved in all of our activities.
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Graham Williams (added April 2008) Fettler OTHR Graham is one of OTHR's most enthusiastic volunteers and travels from his home in the Southern Tablelands for all of our weeklong working bees. He organises his work schedule as the rural merchandise manager at Bowral Co-op to ensure that he can spend at least 3 days on the track restoration work during the working bees.
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Bill Muldoon (added June 2008) Special Projects OTHR (2009) Bill grew up in the western suburbs of Sydney and went to school in Summer Hill before studying engineering at what is now UTS. He worked in his family's business for 36 years before moving permanently to Oberon nine years ago. Bill runs the Thrifty-Link Hardware store in Oberon and has had an association with the	President Bill Muldoon ponders the enormity of running the Oberon to Tarana Heritage Railway - oh that it would be so easy!
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Ross Allan (added June 2008) Ross passed away late in 2009 - see our TRIBUTE Ross was born in Merriwa N.S.W. and moved to the Cooma district at age three where he grew up on a grazing property breeding merino sheep and mixed cattle. Following his retirement the call of the land has proved strong and Ross and his wife Alison's move to Hazelgrove has been OTHR's gain.
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Dale Adamski (added October 2009) Fettler OTHR Dale who has been a member of OTHR since 2007, lives at Avoca Beach where he grew up and attended nearby Kincumber High School. He works as a trade assistant in building switchboards and has taken holidays over the past few years to come and work on the line. At 22, Dale is our youngest active “fettler”. He has always been fascinated by trains and railways and years ago the Oberon Tarana line became his favourite with its unique features of steep grades, sharp curves and spectacular scenery. He has always been a fan of the 19 Class engines. Dale likes the friendly group of volunteers he works with and is impressed with the great community spirit in Oberon. One of Dale's ambitions is to become a train driver. We hope he achieves this so that we can see him driving one of our trains in the next few years.
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Col Bembrick (added April 2010) Newsletter Editor OTHR Col Bembrick joined OTHR in February, 2006 and lives with his wife, Glenda on a small property in Napoleon Reef, near Bathurst. Col was a geologist for most of his career, but before retiring in 2000 spent some years as a technical officer with the Uni of NSW – looking after an optical telescope at Siding Spring, NSW. His life-long background in amateur astronomy stood him in good stead there. He now runs a small private research observatory – Mt Tarana Observatory. When not working for OTHR, this keeps him out of mischief!! Col's hobbies and activities have included Speleology and rock climbing (while at Uni), mountaineering (in NZ), bushwalking and cross-country skiing.
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Bob Conners (added April 2010) Past Publicity Officer OTHR 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.

This section was commenced 30th May 07 - additional profiles added as they arrive.
Profiles of more Board Members will be added as soon as we can prise the information from them!