G'day from Oz
Posted: 18 Apr 2015, 00:48
Well folks; having decided to 'delurk' at last, I guess I should do an bit of an intro.
I'm from Gippsland, Victoria, Australia; more specifically, the Latrobe Valley.
Which is in a sense the 'engine room' of Victoria - we have six thermal power stations here, of the thirteen in the State. Including all of those of over 1GW output capacity - four brown coal fired steam cycle plants; and two smaller open cycle natural gas fired gas turbine plants.
I have a working/educational background in the chemistry field, and have worked in industries such as research/consulting, 'non-ferocious' metals mining, and 'upstream' oil and gas production. My major pastimes include quite a bit of workshop-related stuff [mechanical repairs, welding, blacksmithing, electronics] and outdoors pursuits [fishing, hunting, motorcycle touring, exploring historic minesites].
What brought me to the OGFB site? A thread on a motorcycle forum site, by a South African, about steam engines! Which featured quite a few links to Stanley's posts on the old OGFB forum. THIS was that thread...
I'm from Gippsland, Victoria, Australia; more specifically, the Latrobe Valley.
Which is in a sense the 'engine room' of Victoria - we have six thermal power stations here, of the thirteen in the State. Including all of those of over 1GW output capacity - four brown coal fired steam cycle plants; and two smaller open cycle natural gas fired gas turbine plants.
I have a working/educational background in the chemistry field, and have worked in industries such as research/consulting, 'non-ferocious' metals mining, and 'upstream' oil and gas production. My major pastimes include quite a bit of workshop-related stuff [mechanical repairs, welding, blacksmithing, electronics] and outdoors pursuits [fishing, hunting, motorcycle touring, exploring historic minesites].
What brought me to the OGFB site? A thread on a motorcycle forum site, by a South African, about steam engines! Which featured quite a few links to Stanley's posts on the old OGFB forum. THIS was that thread...