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Dardanup Heritage Museum Show - 1st March 2009

These are pics from the Dardanup Heritage Museum Show, held on the 1st March 2009, at Dardanup, Western Australia. Dardanup is about 15 kms SE of Bunbury in Western Australia. The Show day was held to commemorate 60 years of Chamberlain Tractors, 100 years of Track-type "Caterpillar" tractors in Australia - and the efforts of the Museum Founder, Gary Brookes. Gary died suddenly several years ago and never saw his project come to fruition - but the museum is getting bigger and better every year, due to the efforts of Gary's sons, and a band of very capable volunteers.
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The entrance to the Dardanup Heritage Museum, which was started by Gary Brookes, Transport and Earthmoving Contractor, now deceased. The front building is a 120 seat tearooms, and the buildings behind, contain collections of tractors and machinery. There are many sheds given over to displays of single-brands of tractors - such as a shed full of Fergusons, or a shed full of Internationals.
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The entrance to the Dardanup Heritage Museum, which was started by Gary Brookes, Transport and Earthmoving Contractor, now deceased. The front building is a 120 seat tearooms, and the buildings behind, contain collections of tractors and machinery. There are many sheds given over to displays of single-brands of tractors - such as a shed full of Fergusons, or a shed full of Internationals.

 Dardanup Heritage Museum Show programme and map
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Dardanup Heritage Museum Show programme and map

 Numerous tractors and machinery awaiting restoration, in this lineup.
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Numerous tractors and machinery awaiting restoration, in this lineup.

 An International crawler and an early Cat 955 awaiting restoration, in the restoration lineup.
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An International crawler and an early Cat 955 awaiting restoration, in the restoration lineup.

 This is a view of the inside of one of the restoration sheds. There is a Cletrac, a Chamberlain Super 70, a Ransomes crawler, and several stationary engines undergoing restoration or repair.
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This is a view of the inside of one of the restoration sheds. There is a Cletrac, a Chamberlain Super 70, a Ransomes crawler, and several stationary engines undergoing restoration or repair.
An International TD-9-92 series, in its final restoration stages. The colour is likely to be correct - the International crawlers adopted construction equipment yellow as their standard colour in the late 1950's or early 1960's (description corrected 15th March, 2009, as original ID was incorrect).
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An International TD-9-92 series, in its final restoration stages. The colour is likely to be correct - the International crawlers adopted construction equipment yellow as their standard colour in the late 1950's or early 1960's (description corrected 15th March, 2009, as original ID was incorrect).

 This view shows the approach to the main tractor display, and play area The building on left houses more machinery.
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This view shows the approach to the main tractor display, and "play area" The building on left houses more machinery.

 This is the tractor play area with several Cats playing in the dirt, alongside the static display.
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This is the tractor "play area" with several Cats playing in the dirt, alongside the static display.

 Four antique Cat owners are having fun pushing some dirt around for the pleasure of the spectators.
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Four antique Cat owners are having fun pushing some dirt around for the pleasure of the spectators.

 Two Allis-Chalmers crawlers - a HD6 in front, and a HD-5B behind. A Euclid TC-12 is at the rear.
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Two Allis-Chalmers crawlers - a HD6 in front, and a HD-5B behind. A Euclid TC-12 is at the rear.
The Jolly Green Giant - a mid-1960's, twin-power Euclid TC12 crawler tractor. This tractor was purchased by Gary Brookes from a limestone quarry North of Perth, Western Australia - where it had been ripping the hard caprock over the limestone. Unfortunately, it broke down often, meaning that it was in fairly good shape when Gary found it and bought it. It had been parked up for several years, as the big Cat D10's and D11's had taken over the job of ripping the caprock.
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The "Jolly Green Giant" - a mid-1960's, twin-power Euclid TC12 crawler tractor. This tractor was purchased by Gary Brookes from a limestone quarry North of Perth, Western Australia - where it had been ripping the hard caprock over the limestone. Unfortunately, it broke down often, meaning that it was in fairly good shape when Gary found it and bought it. It had been parked up for several years, as the big Cat D10's and D11's had taken over the job of ripping the caprock.

 A range of Caterpillar crawlers and some other brands on static display at Dardanup.
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A range of Caterpillar crawlers and some other brands on static display at Dardanup.
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