9th-12th-Lancers - Year 1986 - Page 0093
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 1986 |
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Ex Long Look This year LONG LOOK was a four month posting to the 3/4 Cavalry Regi- ment stationed in Brisbane, Queensland; well located geographically enjoying hot sun even in late winter. The Exercise started in August. Brisbanes winter drawing to an end with the weather already in the high twenties celcius. On arriving at the Regiment the officers welcomed me in the bar, where l was Introduced to a beer I was to see a lot of —— the welcoming drink, which turned into a session, ended at the Diggers (Junior Ranks) drinking club above camp. The Squadron to which I was attached allowed one of its suhalterns to escort in: around Australia for the next six weeks. during which time we visited all the large cities. bar Adelaide. All travel THE 9TH/IZTH ROYAL LANCERS REGIMENTAI JOURNAL Safari — The first shooting Expedition was by courtesy of Royal Australian Air Force which ferried us around in Herc- ules’ (Path to Sydney was an eight hour flight each way). On arriving back from our national tour. I accompanied the Military Police on a T.E.W.T, up in the Northern Territory around Darwin. This was an exceedingly relaxed affair in which the scenario. for some strange reason was set around the beauty spots the Northern Territory affords: notably, Catherine Gorge and the Mataranka thermal pools. We also visited an Abor- iginal Reserve which civilians rarely see The Reserve was a bit of an anticlimsx with families of Abo's sitting around doing very little in prefabricated huts. living off generous social security from the Government, Back to the Regiment at Enoggera in October. but within days we had plan- ned the first of two safaris into the bush 700 kms west of Brisbane. For a long weekend we stayed with a farmer and culled the odd kangaroo. The day after we returned. I joined the Sqn on Ex Tasmin Warrior. a Brig- ade Exercise in Shoalwster Bay training area on the North Eastern coast above Rockhampton, Here my troop acted as enemy for three weeks, spending some time behind the lines. attacking eche- Ions. and gun batteries etc. The troop consisted of twelve M113 with a mod. ification of the T50 turret (twin 39mm and 50mm GPMGs). These were split down into three sections and a tactical HQ. All the time we worked with ln» fantry of 6 RAR and sometimes in a small battle group with two Leopard |
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