Return to The Heartland - 2006

Photos by Phillip Bond

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Welcome to a selection from the 2006 Return To The Heartland Reunion. Now, how many of you went parking here and got a kiss and a cuddle?  

 

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Some of the good sorts on the first night taking some shots of the handsome 106ers. L->R xxxx  

 

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Yesshh pleasshh .. We'll have four EACH  

 

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Some of the bevvy of beauties .. posing as usual.  

 

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Brian Carter .. still chatting-up the birds.  

 

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Some of the group getting ready to bus it to ATC.  

 

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ATC was not their thing .. off to do more interesting things. 

 

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Here we are at ATC getting the drill about what to do and what not to do, nothing has changed  

 

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Inside the training centre, the boys getting the drill about what to do and what not to do, as before, nothing has changed.  

 

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Like we did back then, the troops pretending they are working and know what they are doing.  

 

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? inside a shining ASLAV

 

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We march through Albury to the Long TAn Memorial Service.

 

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At the Service, what a well turned out bunch .. must be RAEME     

 

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We remember them.  

 

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At the main dinner .. Milton FINALLY gets his lost 9mm back  

 

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Two of the crims at the dinner, Dennis Norman and yours truly.  

 

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Four more escapees at the dinner. L->R xxxx  

 

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Trip to the The Army Museum at Bandiana  

 

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And we were indeed welcome.  

 

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Inside the Museum looking around THE right area. 

 

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An Officer behind a grinding wheel? It beggars belief.  

 

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Looking towards the Crafstman Memorial. 

 

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THE CRAFTSMAN  

 

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And here we are.  

 

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Off to Rutherglen.  

 

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Sincere thanks to the Murray Border Vietnam Veterans who hosted our reunion at the Army Museum.  

 

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Well that is it. Outta grog as usual ... we bid farewell.