04-25-2015, 06:31 PM
Recently I found myself in [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamworth,_New_South_Wales]Tamworth in northern New South Wales. I went in the car so I won't bore you with a travelogue.
Tamworth is a largish country city by Australian standards. It is famous for being the first Australian city to have all electric street lighting and, currently, for hosting Australia's largest country music festival in January each year.
Anyway, I found myself with not much to do one afternoon and was reminded of the existence of a motorcycle museum. It turned out to be just around the corner from where I was staying, so I went for a look.
The [url=http://www.powerhousemotorcyclemuseum.com.au/]Powerhouse Motorcycle Museum houses a modest collection of motorcycles all owned and maintained by a single owner. (Actually I gleaned there are actually 3 or 4 bikes owned by others on display). The owner is said to have a collection of around 200 bikes and is hoping to restore the remainder and display them one day.
Here's a random set of photos I took of the collection. It was a hard room to photograph in as the bikes were close together and there was a mirror behind a number of them. We'll start with the K0 CB750 which was amongst the first to be imported to Australia ...
Tamworth is a largish country city by Australian standards. It is famous for being the first Australian city to have all electric street lighting and, currently, for hosting Australia's largest country music festival in January each year.
Anyway, I found myself with not much to do one afternoon and was reminded of the existence of a motorcycle museum. It turned out to be just around the corner from where I was staying, so I went for a look.
The [url=http://www.powerhousemotorcyclemuseum.com.au/]Powerhouse Motorcycle Museum houses a modest collection of motorcycles all owned and maintained by a single owner. (Actually I gleaned there are actually 3 or 4 bikes owned by others on display). The owner is said to have a collection of around 200 bikes and is hoping to restore the remainder and display them one day.
Here's a random set of photos I took of the collection. It was a hard room to photograph in as the bikes were close together and there was a mirror behind a number of them. We'll start with the K0 CB750 which was amongst the first to be imported to Australia ...