By BREE FULLERMarch 16, 2014, 10 p.m.

Inaction just isn't a part of Barry Brown's vocabulary.

Inaction just isn't a part of Barry Brown's vocabulary.

At 80 years old, while many people of his vintage play cards and venture out on social outings, Mr Brown clocks on at 6am each morning, ready for his working day.

Despite being officially retired Mr Brown still plays an active role at Wollongong Drum Master, the oil drum recycling business he established 20 years ago.

"I'm just not the sort of person who can sit at home," he said.

"My son Peter runs the business so I just go out to give him support ... I get the place opened and I get it ready for when the guys get to work."

On any given day, the IRT Links Seaside resident can be found advising staff, supervising the steam boiler or performing odd jobs around the Woonona site.

The work is the perfect way to satisfy his "itchy feet" and avoid boredom.

"I don't consider that I'm fit but, by gee, I'm healthy and most certainly it keeps the old brain box as good as ever - and that, I consider, is the most important thing," he said.

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