Bob the builder's honour leaves him tickled pink

By Jennie Curtin
June 11 2014 - 12:00am
Robert Whittaker, AM, at the Apprentices Arch bridge which he designed. It runs between Leura and Katoomba.
Robert Whittaker, AM, at the Apprentices Arch bridge which he designed. It runs between Leura and Katoomba.

He calls himself "just a crotchety old builder" but Katoomba's Adjunct Professor Robert Whittaker is also the Mountains' latest member of the Order of Australia.

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