Follow the journey of Newtown Jets icon, John Trad, around Henson Park throughout the 2010 to 2021 seasons. The book contains 80 pages of images taken by photographer Mike Magee and anecdotes from Trady himself, plus a foreword by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. This chapter of the mighty Newtown Jets’ history features two premiership victories, grand final defeats, the covid years and the passing of former Newtown great, Tommy Raudonikis. It also captures the changing face of Henson Park, before undergoing its current facelift.

“The bike is a mini-Penny-farthing circus bike. My brother called me one Saturday and asked if I could come and help him clean out his shed because he wanted to park his car in there. I said ok and he came and picked me up. Halfway through cleaning out the shed, I spotted the bike and I asked him, what’s that and could I take it for a ride. He said he bought it in a garage sale for $5 but to be careful because it doesn’t have any brakes….”