After the war he played with local groups in Canberra and Sydney, as well as working as a finance officer, and in the mid-1950s he moved to Wollongong where he built a small recording studio in his house.
At the same time, he worked as producer with successful Australian pop singer Ronnie Burns.
[2] After that album, Byrne did not work with the Bee Gees again, as the group developed their own independent skills.
[2] Byrne opened a studio called Village Way recorders in Rayners Lane in Harrow North London which he owned till his death at which time he left it in his will to Paul Layton of the New Seekers.
Stewart in turn, with the help of Roy Williams of Nervous Records and Steve Rispin made Village way the leading centre for Neo rockabilly and psychobilly until Ossie's death at which point they moved to Tin Pan Alley studios in Denmark Street.