The Semi-Retired Foamer has been a railfan since he was around 5 years old, oh yes a very young age, an age when one really should avoid being involved with the gunzel community to any great extent. A few rather unsavoury people bringing that fact home.
After a few decades of train chasing, one decided to break with protocol and get married, thus leading to a severe cut in railfan activity.
Subsequent dealings with hate breeders, lunatics, mental defectives and self-appointed preservation overlords lead to an even greater decrease in my hobby participation.
However things have changed thanks to our small group of trusted mates, interest has returned, and now I have become a bit more involved yet again.
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Over the years I have tried my best to further both the hobby, as well as the friendships that it brings. I have done this by setting up proactive groups both here in Australia, as well as the Philippines. It is with huge honour that I am often considered the founding father of the railfan hobby in the Philippines (my second home).
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I don't take the hobby too seriously and I am a friend to anyone who is good and genuine. But never forgive those who have used their hate to destroy my hobby or hurt the friends within it.

Let's Make The Hobby Great Again!
I aim to share the era that I considered mine, the 80s and 90s. I also like to help promote, and even raise funds for, the various heritage societies that keep the era alive
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Monday, March 11, 2019

Goondi Sugar Mill Site
15-9-2002

Photos taken during a site visit as part of 'Operation Hurricane'.
The object of the trip was to get photos of as many cane locos as possible within a two week period. While the number we were able to achieve has escaped
my memory, it was a few hundred.
Unexpected catches, like Goondi #1 (seen here), certainly helped boost the numbers along the way.
Goondi Mill operated from 1883 until 1987.


Goondi #1 travelled south for her retirement, now being preserved operational at the
ILRMS in Albion Park.




Railfan Daven Walters caught in his natural habitat.






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