Steam Boat Association of Australia

Steaming Together

The Steam Boat Association of Australia is a non-profit organization whose members have a keen interest in steam driven vessels of all types;

large and small, old and new.
The association has over 100 members around Australia and over 60 launch size steam boats on the register.
Many of our members own Putt Putts (a term used to describe open launches with older- style petrol inboard motors). As both steam and putt putt are similar size and speed they go well together during our waterway activities, a putt putt has also been the first step towards a steamer for some members.

On these pages you will find details of a variety of Australian steamboats and steamboat projects and links to other sites of interest to fans of maritime steam.

The Association meets quarterly, usually on the fourth Tuesday of February, May. August and November at 7.30pm at the Gladesville Bowling Club in Sydney.
Meetings are informal and will usually attract a guest speaker. Recent topics have included propellers, patternmaking, experiences from the engine rooms  of the Union Steamship Company ships in the 1950's and building a triple expansion engine. Previous meetings have premiered the latest DVD in Dick Collingridge's Australia Live Steam Series; or featured such guests as vexillographer John Vaughan explaining all about flags.

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