I began my career as a Radio Technician in The Royal Australian Air Force. After 22 years of service, I returned to civvie street and worked in the radio and television repair industry. When I retired and became interested in valve radios again as a hobby, I found that there were no books available on Australian radios, only a few books on US and English radios, while these books were nice to look at they did not help the Australian collector. I decided to write a book about Australian radios, I needed one to help me and felt other collectors might feel the same. It took me four years but I enjoyed the challenge and the experience of the huge learning curve.
My first book "The Best Years Of Australian Radio" was published in 1998 and was well received. Due to the overwhelming positive feedback and genuine requests for more information about Australian radio, I continued to gather material and have now published my second book "More Australian Radio". and released it in 2002. Together these two books have become a recognized, valued and highly regarded resource material by my fellow valve radio enthusiasts. Please refer to my home page for details on how to obtain your own copy of either of these books.
In 2005 I released my third book where I tried something a little different. I have always been a fan of Astor radios so this book was "Just Astor" and as well as a short history of Astor and Radio Corp, I included some color plates for the first time.
I have an large collection of early 1930's-1950's wood and bakelite radios which I am now in the process downsizing, instead, focusing my efforts on more research into these highly collectable and beautifully crafted items. These valve radios are now becoming scarce and more sought after by the increasing number of early Australian Radio collectors.