Adopted People – 35mm Slides

Finding slides with people is always fun. Who are they? Where did they live? Sometimes the photos hold clues to the time and the place, others are a complete mystery. The Favourite Child It’s clear to me that this...

Victoria Hotel Melbourne

Melbourne in Kodachrome

It’s always interesting to come across old photos of your home town. If you recognise the location you study them closely to see what’s changed, cars being the telltale sign of the era they were taken. This selection of...

Dashboard of Volkswagen Beetle

VW Auto Club Melbourne – 1960s

Our passion for certain things in life often begin in rather mundane ways; sometimes we can’t even recall what the trigger was that set us off on a life-long obsession.  My passion for rescuing 35mm Kodachrome slides and giving...

kodachrome slide holder

Mouldy Kodachrome Slides

I recently purchased a batch of 200 Kodachrome slides for less than $30 on eBay which is fairly cheap for Australia. As with any sight-unseen purchase, it was a gamble; at best I could hope for 20 or so...

Seabreeze Motel Cavill Avenue, Surfers Paradise, QLD

The Motels of Yesteryear

“Motor hotel” = MOTEL I had the misfortune of spending a night in a very tired, past-its-use-by-date motel during my recent trip to Western Australia. My trip began with a very comfortable room at the stunning Rydges Fremantle followed...

Barwon caravan park in Geelong 1966

Vintage Caravans

Ahhh vintage caravans. The humble house on wheels. Designed to give the family of yesteryear a break from the drudgery of daily life by enabling them to move their beds and kitchen to the seaside or some other equally...

john smith and his bike 1966

John Smith and His Bike

Cold, miserable days are the best kind for poking around in vintage warehouses; the buildings are lacking in any type of temperature control so rugging up is essential. A few weekends ago, wintry weather descended upon Melbourne even though...

US Airforce Plane at Essendon Airport

Vintage Airplanes – Kodachrome Slides

The vintage aircraft Kodachrome slides in this collection are a select few from my father’s and a family friend’s collection. Some were taken in the 1960s, a few in the 1980s and others I’m not sure but most likely...

hopgood family slides

Rescuing the Hopgood Family

During one of my expeditions to the Waverly Antique Bazaar, I spied a cabinet that contained several boxes of Kodachrome slides. The cabinet was locked so I asked the assistant to pick me a box, any box. “Any box...