John Hurst's Personal Page

Environmental Stuff

This has now been moved to a separate environment page.

Fun Stuff

Next year (2011) we are off on a cruise around the North, Arctic and Baltic Seas. Read all about it on my Cruise Page

Our place
My Digital Photos
Choral Singing: I have been a member of the following groups
- UNCS (University of New South Wales Choral Society
- SCUNA (Australian National University Choral Society
- MONUCS (Monash University Choral Society
I have done some work on using XML to generate genealogical data for my family. A password-protected directory contains the data (not accessible unless you contact me for the password).
My cat did a very naughty and expensive thing to my laptop. Read my son's account about how Every Cloud has a Silver Lining
Australian Rules Football ( Hawthorn Football Club Member)
Why I dislike Microsoft products

I am a member of the Uniting Church
I sing in the Glen Waverley Uniting Church Choir.
I am one of the Glen Waverley church representatives on Presbytery
I am an Elder of the Glen Waverley Uniting Church Council.
I am Chair of the Glen Waverley Uniting Church Council.
I am Treasurer (and web master) for the Glen Waverley and District Inter-Church Council

The Railway Photograph Catalogue is a web-based description of my railway photograph database.
I am (or have been) a member of the following raiway societies
- Australian Railway Historical Society: both
  - ACT Division
  - Victorian Division
- Puffing Billy Railway Preservation Society
- Pichi Richi Railway Preservation Society
Railway Modelling (HO gauge)

Meccano: as a boy, I had a 9++ Meccano set, which I think is a fantastic toy for encouraging creativity in an engineering context. David Williams has an equally fantastic Meccano Home Page. While I still have the set (in a pair of wonderful cabinets my father made), I don't play with it much nowadays. Sadly, neither did my sons, who much preferred Lego. Sit transit gloria mundi!
Postscript: In Marysville, Victoria (Oz), there is an excellent Meccano Museum with many working models. It's called "Maniacal Mechanicals", in Murchison St (the main street). Worth a visit if you are in the area.

Postpostscript: Alas! "Maniacal Mechanicals" was destroyed in the disastrous Black Saturday bushfires (7 Feb 2009). See this collection of photographs of the place as a tribute.

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