These are all companies, organizations and individuals who I have helped me record some fantastic material for Sound Library. There are some really interesting groups here and they are well worth checking out.

Melbourne Steam Traction Engine Club

Melbourne

Victoria

The Melbourne Steam

Temora Aviation Museum
Temora
New South Wales
The Temora Aviation Museum is a privately run museum with over two dozen aircraft in the collection all of which fly. The collection consists entirely of aircraft that are significant to the history of aviation in Australia.
Temora runs two air displays a month where they display a number of their aircraft to the public in a small scale airshow.
http://www.aviationmuseum.com.au/

RAAF Museum Point Cook

Point Cook
Victoria
The RAAF museum as Point Cook Victoria is located on the first ever military airfield in Australia and what is the oldest continually used military airfield int heworld. The museum has a fantastic range of aircraft in its display including several craft that still fly and are displayed to the public three times a week in a great air display.
http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/

Victorian Military Vehicle Corps
Cape Schanck
Victoria
December 2009
What's more fun than spending a day recording old tanks? Getting to go for rides in them! A wonderful opportunity to see some Australian history in action and capture some great sounds. Thanks to everyone at VMVC.
www.vmvc.org.au/

Historical Commercial Vehicle Club
Sandown Racecourse
Victoria
November 2009
Despite the weather being truly horrible I had a great day and Ray and everyone else at the HCVC made me very welcome. I made some great contacts and even managed to record a few very good sounds even with all the rain. Thanks guys.
www.hcvc.com.au/J1/

Edgar's Mission
Willowmavin
Victoria
October 2009
Thanks so much to Pam Ahern for welcoming me to Edgar's Mission and allowing me to record all her fantastic animals. Edgar especially was fantastic to meet, if there's a pig with more character than Edgar then I'd like to meet them. It was a real eye opening experience to see how differently animals behave when they are in an environment where they are treated well. Good luck for the future of the farm.
http://www.edgarsmission.org.au/

HMAS Castlemaine
Williamstown
Victoria
October 2009
To all the crew of the HMAS Castlemaine and especially old Bluey, thanks for the tour of the ship and for going to the trouble of starting up all the engines. Also a special thanks for the amazing history lesson on the day.
http://hmascastlemaine.com/

Collingwood Children's Farm
Collingwood
Victoria
September 2009
I've always loved the Collingwood Children's Farm, its a great place for everyone and they have a fantastic market a couple of Saturdays a month. They people there were very friendly and answered a lot of my silly questions about the animals. It's nice to have such a place right in the middle of the city. Thanks to everyone there for the freindly help and information.
www.farm.org.au/

North East Muzzle Loading Club
Taminick
Victoria
September 2009
Thanks to John and Louris for helping me organize the day and thanks for the hospitality of the entire club. I recorded some amazing sounds from the old firearms and getting to fire a Brown Bess musket was the most fun I have had in a long time.

Kew City Bowmen
Kew
Melbourne

Thanks for everyone's time down at Archery practice on Sunday morning, I recorded some good sounds and confirmed I can't hit the side of a barn with a bow. I'll leave the shooting up to you guys and stick to recording sounds. Thanks for your help and thanks to Rob McKenzie for organizing things for me
Kew_City_Bowmen_735107.html

Candalaraine Alpacas
Neerim South
Victoria
April 2009
Thank you to Lorraine Barnett for being so helpful after we just turned up on your doorstep wanting to record your alpacas. You took the time to show us the animals and explain a bit about your farm and alpaca wool business. I love to learn new things when I am out recording and the visit to Candalaraine was great for both interesting animal sounds and some fascinating information.
http://www.candalaraine.com

Emmy Lou Paddle Steamer
Echuca
Victoria
April 2009
Thank you to Captain John and the crew of the Emmy Lou for the wonderful trip along the Murray River. Old machinery is much more interesting to listen to than a lot of modern machines and the Emmy Lou made a wonderful noise.
http://www.emmylou.com.au/

Pick a Part
Kilsyth Victoria
June 2009
Thanks to Sue Taylor and the girls for their assistance on the day. I know the rest of your staff were wondering who the crazy guy with the microphones was, but it was a great day and I got heaps of material.
http://www.pick-a-part.com.au/

Portland Trams
Portland Victoria
Australia
June 2009
Despite some rainy weather I recorded some good samples of the tram in Portland. I would like to thank all the team at Portland Trams for their help and information about the history of the trams.
http://www.portlandcabletrams.com.au/

Bellarine Peninsular Railway
Queenscliff Victoria
Australia
January 2009
To Everyone at the Bellarine Peninsular Railway, thanks for a great day recording trains and for the chance to ride on some of the old engines. I will need to come back sometime in the future to record the rest of your collection.
http://www.bpr.org.au/

Noosa Parks Association Bird Observers Group
Noosa Queensland
Australia
November 2008
Thank you to Valda McLean and everyone at the Noosa Parks Association Bird Observers Group for helping me identify many of the bird calls I recorded in the few months I was living in Noosa. Correctly identifying animal sounds is one of the biggest challenges of the library and you were all a great help.

North Arm Firearms Clubs
Yandina Queensland
Australia
November 2008
To everyone at the North Arm Rifle, North Arm Sporting Shooters, North Arm Pistol and North Arm Shotgun clubs, thanks heaps for two excellent days out on the range at Yandina. I got to record some excellent material, more than I had hoped possible.
http://www.northarmshotgun.com.au/

Noosa Springs Country Club
Noosa Queensland
Australia
October 2008
Thanks to Warren Eliss for organizing the day for me and allowing me to come down and visit the golf course and special thanks to Daniel Bakks for hitting some awesome shots. It was great to record a professional at work.
http://www.noosasprings.com.au/

Noosa Museum
Pomona Queensland
Australia
October 2008
Thanks very much to Mary and the team for not only allowing me access to the museum but for starting up some of the old machines and allowing me to record some excellent historical material. This was my first session recording historical sounds and has been the motivation for many more
http://www.noosamusuem.spiderweb.com.au

St Paul's Cathedral Bell Ringers
Melbourne
Australia
August 2008
It was a privilege to be able to see and hear up close the wonderful bells of St Paul's Cathedral. The bell ringing team were all really friendly and helpful and I learnt more about church bells and bell ringing in a couple of hours than I thought possible.
www.stpaulscathedral.org.au/bells/index.html

Interesting Websites
This is simply a list of sites I have found interesting, inspirational or otherwise worth taking a look at.

www.tokyoplastic.com/

www.paulschutze.com/

www.ted.com

www.futurestreetconsulting.com/