Play it again: Athol Mills from Kangaroo Flat with his Castlewood busker organ, which he built from a kit. In the 1700s the organ grinder, and his monkey, would stand outside people’s windows and wait for donations. The European gympsy-inspired organs were a regular part of life in a long gone era. He was at the Lockington event last year and, on this occasion, was entertaining Ballarat sisters Amelia and Olivia Demeye.
Scarecrow competition: Lockington’s Chanel and Ryan Baker with some of the entries in the vintage rally’s scarecrow competition, which was held at the prominently positioned Pump Track in the centre of town.
Stuart Higgins and his wife Val sit back and enjoy their surrounds. The pair travelled from Purnim, a small town between Warrnambool and Mortlake, to the event which they have ben regularly attending with items such as their 1914 Waterloo Boy engine, used to milk the cows and pump water in its day.
Three of a kind: Geoff Pyers from St Armand, Geoff Holm Ararat and Brian Culley from Dunnolly support each other’s clubs during the vintage festivals. Their engines, ranging from 1922-mid 1930s were among many on display at Lockington.
Family affair: Kyabram father and son mechanical team, Jess and Luke James, have remembered Ken James (Jess’ father and Luke’s grandfather) by continuing his love of engines. Ken was a long time member of the small engine club, from his Ky Valley property. The pair were at Lockington for the vintage festival at the weekend. Jess is a mechanic and Luke is a dairy farmer and they had the 1912 Lambert engine, a rather rare item, ticking over for the event. Luke painted it and Jess services it, then mounted it on a truck chassis. Ken would have been proud of the six-month refurbishment of the engine, which hadn’t been out of the shed for 20 years. Ken died 10 years ago, but the pair have kept his 40-plus engine collection. Jess’ mother Ethol, was also a p part of the engine club and owned antiques.
Running like clockwork: Andy McKay from Rushworth with the 1925 Austral engine, which was made in Ballarat. He transported several of the engines to Lockington for owner and engine enthusiast Greg McNiece. Andy is a motor mechanic by trade, but it was not a work day, he helped to get the engines cranking and tinkers with them as one of his hobbies.
Stepping back in time: With the Aussie flag flying proudly in the background, St Arnaud vintage engine enthusiast Geoff Pyers, a member of the Wedderburn Historical Machinery Society, at the Lockington Vintage Rally. He has been coming here to the rally for many years, on this occasion with his 1916 international Titan engine, which he declared “never misses a beat”, and is among 40 in his collection.
Meeting of the minds: Don Butcher, James Butcher, Barry Thomas and Peter Aumann from Yarra Valley Vintage Machinery Club discuss the collection of engines at Lockington on Saturday.
Green machine: Rob Garner was one of two Kyabram Vintage Engine and Machinery Restoration Group members at the event, with his 1928 AH McDonald imperial super diesel.
Oh brother: Young collectors Brendan, Xavier and Owen Powles, with Caitlin Colliver, with some of their vintage collection that was on offer for those at the Lockington festival on the weekend.
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