Vintage tractors the rage in Tasmania at Pearn’s Steam World as volunteers power ahead

While modern tractors boast space-age technology, air-conditioned cabs and incredible power, steam-powered tractors built over a century ago can still capture hearts.

In Westbury, in Tasmania’s north, a diverse group of volunteers maintains one of the largest collections in the Southern Hemisphere.

At Pearn’s Steam World, they are all united by a love of steam.

“It’s just the smell and the motion and the…