As I've heard, and the way time zones work, Australia is in 2024, while I'm in the USA still in 2023. It's my 9PM Dec 31 2023 as I write this.


From an English textbook "Voyages in English, 6th Year", copyright 1951. Looks like a bakelite AA5 on that windowsill. A modern set back in 1951. A radio that was new back then that would be vintage today.

Here's a small handful of TV shows I've seen vintage radios in - all valve jobs:-

Prisoner - An Australian show, where the gaol laundry had a Mullard Meteor (badge engineered Philips model 100)
The Sullivans - Another Australian show, where a family spent most of World War II listening to the progress of the battles on a large console radio.
The Dukes of Hazzard - Uncle Jesse had a cathedral model but I don't rightly remember the model.
Get Smart - in the episode with the Kentucky Colonel and the KAOS agent called Borman there was a large console radio.

Yes, Australia is on the other side of the dateline and depending on who one asks, Sydney is the first global city that pops the crackers at midnight on the 1st January. A crowd often estimated at between 1 million and 1.5million lines the shores of Port Jackson to watch the 12 minute spectacle.

A bloke called Fortunato Foti has been providing the fireworks for the celebration for 27 years.

Happy New Year to all.