First jobs
Mechanic apprenticeship
Odd jobs
Laurie Vinall

World War II
Wartime service
Catalina diary
Catalina operations
Serau Island rescue
Tocumwal
Prisoners of War return

After the War
1946 to present
Short stint in the bike trade

Quarry Tales
Early stone crushing
VP Keane years
Beaumont quarry

Kangaroo Island
KI quarry operation
The explosives magazine
Building Parndana sheds
Ballast Head ship berth
Kingscote ferry terminal
The shack in Kingscote
Crash repair business
KI panelbeating

Victoria
The Des Toohey years
Charlie
Boulders Darwin job

South East Asia
Hong Kong experience
Laurie McMahon
Finished pipe storage
Septic tank malfunction
Not available in Hong Kong
Empty petrol tanks
Never mind syndrome
Bew Holden Commodore
Chinese burial party
The Chinese grave site
Lady at customs in Burma
The hotel
Seven days in Burma
Western Burma fuel storage
The local market
On an Eastern train
The giant Buddha
Shwedagon temple
Chinese revellers
Singapore plant