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VOLUME 42, No. 2 Navy News, Locked Bag 12,Pyrmoot2009 Phone: (02)3592308 Fax: (02) 3592199

Dosml)tJ!ed IIlroughout all RAN ships and estabhshmetlts Registered by Australia Post Publication February 8 , 1999 and 10 servmg pElrsonnel wherever they may be. ____ .:.:N.:.:O . .:.:VB:..""''':..' :..' _______ _

Seems that sailors and sick children have a sweet tooth .. and they don', mind sharing.

When the canteen siaff of HMAS PERTH (CAPT Lou Rago) went through the confectionery locker a few weeks ago it found it was overstocked with 8640 Cbupa Cbups.

The lollies on the stick like those Kojac sucked when on the

beat in New Yorlc. Because PERTH will soon deploy overseas, storage space

aboard was needed.

On January 27, II sailors from PERTH laden with buckets of sweets did the rounds of the wards.

Except for the patients declared "nil by mouth" the sailors were soon surrounded by the sound of "slurp slurp" as the chil­dren sucked on the mulli-f1avoured sweets.

The excess lollies had to go. Not wanting to waste them the crew opted to give them 10 the

children of the New Children's Hospital at Westmead. Others were put aside for the "nil by mouth" patients to eat later.

New steps for survival training P~:~~~~E~~o~~~s~i~~~~;;e jeedai~~~~ s~;~ at HMAS STIRLI NG SE section, have success­fully trialed a new training procedure for thc two patrol boats alongside Fleet Base West.

The trial met with a positive response by HMA Ships GERALDTON and BUN BURY and now continues as a standard for the boats' six month­ly Innatable Liferaft Demonstration.

The ship's company of GERALDTON is pic­tured (LSPH Peter Lewis) enteri ng the water. The ship had gone 10 Emergency Stations and Leaving Ship Stations. The ship's company had been mus­tered and the Captain had ordered Abandon Ship.

While in the waler the personnel split them-

selves into two groups and the SE staff put them through thei r paces. Cold water survival tech­niques were taught to one half while the other half was put through itspaces in the liferafl, swapping at the half way poi n!.

The new instruction has been put in place because a survey conducted at previous ILR demonstrations had shown that although RAN personal had seen the TPS (Thennal Protection Suit) and Patt50N lifejackets not everyone had been given the opportun ity to place one on and only a small percentage had entered the water with one.

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CANBERRA and DAR­W IN; the frigate HMAS ANZAC (10 be Joined by her sister ship ARUNTA

M~:: :O~~~a~S:!: ~~h~ ~r1lN~~ ence with Garden Island FARNCO:\1B (to be joined In Western Australia as by OTAMA and WAlLER something that spr.mgup this year); replenishment wl1h the commissionmg shIP HMAS WESlRALIA of HMAS STIRLI NG - patrol boats HMAS BUN. Fleet Base West in 1978. BURY and HMAS GER-

It was Ihe Royal Nally ALDTON: and the Defence which firSI visited the Maritime Services (OMS) island in 1827 when submarine support ship Caplain James Stirling 111 SEAHORSE STANDARD. HMS SUCCESS made Among the plethora of

~~;OY;~CO~~~~\I~~ :~r ;~:a:h~~~~A~~: one of the ships of the MAR. torpedo recovery

laid-up .. ith!hcco(venesm 19-18-49bc:forebemgtrnnS­ferred to New Zea-[and.

The youngest ship of the detachment. HMAS PAR-KES. then assumed that role and a postmg to the detachment .. as listed as a posting 10 11M AS PAR-KES. all sailors wearing PARKES tally bands.

men! of the Fremantle Reserve Reet Detachment with the last \essels. PARKES. GLE..~ELG and KATDOMBA. lowed to Hong Kong for scrnpplllg In 1957.

Another \essel with na\al links the former coneue JUNEE. decom­missioned in Fremantle III

1957. ended her days at Garden Island. There she was Cllt down to the waterline ... ith the former lighthouse CAPE OT­WAY by scrap dealers before being towed out and scuttled weSI of Rounestlsland in 1968.

~~~Hi~~U:~7cgh I!~~ vessel TAILOR. diving ned ill 182910 found the tender SHARK, water/oil WA colony, initially on fuel lighter WYULDA Garden Island before and the sail traming vessel

• Ships or the FremanUe Iklachmenl or the R~n'e fl cellaid-up in Careening Uay at Garden Island in the lale 19-I0s. Today the bay is the sitl.' of Fleet Base Wesl,

HMAS STIRLI~G. Photogropl! courttS)' ol m, Ntwspoptrs.

HMAS BONTHORPE. anauxiliarymine1>weeper. was also laid-up:lt Garden Island post ... ar until liS sale to commercialmter­eslS in \9-17. Other RAN vessels which supported theseshipsmresene .. ·as the o il fuel lighter OFL 1206 (sunk as a target in 1983). general purpose vessel GPV.959. motor refrigeration hghterMRL 252 and motor stores lighter MSL 704.

With the arrival of IIMAS ARUNTA and the two submarines OTAMA and WALLER this year for homeponing anolher chapter will be added to Garden Jsland'srich naval hislOry.

venturing across to the F R lEN D S HIP 0 F based at Fleet Base West.

m~~~~ ~ent~~~~;. i n L~~~~~~t units which ~e~-~; ~~~~YH:~~e~ excess of 50 naval uni ts have ended their RAN on the mamland in 1992. ha\'e been based In career.; at A e<.'t Base West Since then two other boats Careemng Bay. the site or been transferred else- have p;l id-offat the base, of HMAS STIRLING. "'hereare: of four destroy- ORION (paid-offln 1996) be they operational 01 erescons. STIJART. DER- is laid-up for disposal and laid-up. WENT. SWAN and TOR- OVENS (1995) which

Today homeponed at RENS, three will have contmued to serve as an Fleet Base West are the escaped the ship breakers' alongside trainmg ~ubma-guided-missile frigates torches. rine was transferred to the

~HMA~S~h~i ~AD~ELA~ID~E.~~Th<~fi"'~. ~,"~b~~·~~'iiiOiii"'~ WA Mantime Museum in r= 1991!.

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bo~~~~t~~~~a~~g~~~~ ........ ), '- BARR ICADE (1983). ."t4. ... ..,;g _~I#i.\...... and ASSAIL (1985). were

all tran~ferred to IndoneSia ADDRESS {d caIi!Ig): SuppollCommarill AJstrahaltwtj.

motor l:lunch GLAOMOR deslroyed by a petrol exp[osion and the resuhing I1re at Garden Is[and on October 17. [9-13. fortu­nately "lIhoul loss of life.

The wartime Falrmile motor launch ML 826 workmg "lIh Z-Force at Garden Island.heracli\"i­tiesshrooded III secrecy as she mainly worked .. ith midget submarines. Laid­up in the Canning R,ver po~twar she was sold in 1947 aJld became ... ell­known as the ROllnest h[and felT)' ISLANDER V.

The .-.eabome section of

1956 sa ... the disband-

SNAKE, HMAS GRASS SNAKE and HMAS RIVER SNAKE ... ere built on the Swan River and

commissioned at Freman- ~F.~~~~~~~~~~~g tie . 1llese and supply lug-gers were Ju~t some of the Allied \essels .. hich visi t­ed the Island durmg the .~.

Garden Island took on another role after the war .. hen it became the home of the Fremantle Detach­ment of the RAN Resen'e Reet.

First toamve in tranquil Careening Bay was the corvette HMA S 1I0R-

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and ADROIT. the last of the cla1>s to serve IOWA. was su nk as a target by RNZAF A-I Skyhawk air­craft we~t of ROllnest tsland in August 1994 .

Thr \eleran hydro­graphiC survey ship ~IMAS MORESBY was decommissioned iJi 1997 after a 33-year career of .. hich 23 years were spent ba.~dintheWe't,theJast 13 yearsal Garden Island. MORESBY is laid-up a"'aitingabuy.:r. Th~t other well-known

survey ship. the oceano­graphic HMAS D IA­MANTINA. departed in October 1979 after 20 yearsrn \VA. maInly at Frem3ntle and latterly at Reet Base Wesi. De\:om­mi~Moned III Sydney 111

1980 she IS today a muse­urn shIp in Brisbane.

The !fiab ship HMAS PROTECTOR was based at Garden Island bet ... een 1993-95 before transfer­nng to Adelaide and later 10 OMS for funtler service at Jenls Bay_

The \enerable Seaward DefelICe Boat SOB 1325. which first entered n3\al senicellll~3.and .. hlCh served at I·IMAS LEEU­W IN and then HMAS STIR LING. was paid-ofT for d isposal 111 the early 1990s and sank at her moonng III the small ships compound on the evening of Apnl 14, 1992 .

World War II saw the 42 fOOlna\'alauxlharypalrol

the Seniccs Reconnais­sance Department (better known as Z-Force) trained from Careening Bay at Garden hland with their lOp sec rei "Sleeping Beauty" submerSible ka­ya ks. Welman one-man nlldget submarines and four-nlan Welfreighler submersIbles In 19-14--45. With the exception oflhe Welfrelghtcr.; ... hich .. ere tran~ferred to Dar .. in. it seems the res l were scut­tled west uf Rottnest IsJ:lnd in 1947 (rom the

SHAM on November 23, 1945 and followed by nine ot hers. HMA Ships BENALLA. DELORAINE. ECHUCA. GLENE LG . KATOOMBA. liTH­GOW. MILDURA. PAR­KES and TOWNSVILLE. Of the 10 only ECIIUCA (transferred to New Zealand) and MlLDURA. in the role of a National Service trainl1lg ~hip at Fremantle. were re~'alled to active sen·ice.

The River class frigate HMAS LACHLAN was

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1lleRoyaINa\) subma­rine IIMS PORPOISE beached her~elf in Careening B:ty III 19M to :tllow the loading of "S[eepmg Beauty" kayak~ and equ ipment 10 be loaded on her modified hull. ThiS .. as for the tll­faled Z-Force Operation RIIIJau. a second mid on shippIng In SlIlgapore Harbour after the ~uccess of Operation Jaywick m which the fishIng boat KRAIT wa) u.;ed.

Another unu\ual ~ight seen around the 1~land late in the .. ar were Chlllese ·)unks". They .. ere Snake class \esse[s designed to operate 111 Japanese .:on­trolled South East ASian walefS. HMAS MOTHER

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l Award caps Rick's co relieved I~:~;~;::~:o':'~~o'::" I reat week .~;,~\:;~::;,'';::,~,:~ of command man a[ JlM AS ALBA dren Kyhe. len. and TR OSS has ridden Luke after the pres.en thousands 01 ki lo metres lalion Picture ABPJ-!

:~~~~a~;~;~~il~O~:.ick Richard Ptideaux. T~:sCr~~~!~:~ ~~:Yc:~~~ln~~; ~~;ilc~l;r:r 1-1 1\ .. 1,,5 SYDNEY, CMDR Tony Gale , of hi s command for "incidents of unan:eptable beha" , io ur" ,

H is Brisbane 10 NO""ra Na, y Bike Ride has become an icon of the naval calendar.

He :lnd his suppor1ers have raised an astound­ing 5250.000.

Now Rick. among oth­ers. ha~ been Tl"cognised

In the Austrati:lO Day Honours he was award­ed the Order of Australia Medal In the Military Division for his service to the community.

The award. 011 Janu~uy

26. wa' par1 of a "great w~k"forthe37-year-old Nowra man and his wife

Two days later their ~on Luke. a 12-year-old disabled boy. begml high school at 5t John'~ High. Rick smd il "as his dis­abled son who inspired him tu hdpdisabled and needychitdren.

'I leamed of the award in December:' Rll'ksairJ.

"I appre!.:iatc the awarrJ ami fee l humbled by 11."

hesairJ. Rick wasoneofanum­

ber of naval personnel namerJ in the honours list.

Othe r s inclu d e d Member (Aus tr ~lia

Medal) in the Mili lary Division. RADM John Lord. for ~ef\'ice to the RAN as the Commodore Flotil!asaml as the com-

mandcr of Northern Command; CORE Paul Kable for savlee as Ihe ADF head in London and as the Director Gencral of Maritime Development; and CAPT Nigel Car:.on for St!rvice.par1il:ularlyas the Chief Staff Officer of th e RA N's Test, E v al u a I ion and Ac!.:eptanceAuthority.

An award identical to that received by Ri c k Meehan we ill to CPO David Gayford formeri-

lorious service to the RAN while serving in Ihe Dire!.:torate of Naval Warfare.

T hree Conspicuous Service Cros<;cs and four Conspicuous Service Medalswerealsoawanl­ed to naval personnel.

CAPT Keith Malpass received the CSC for his work developing the Defence AmmuniTion Logist ics Office, while CP O Wa Yli e Dunn . received his Cross for

oUblandlng actlle'emCIll a'theshlp'stechnical officer aboard HMAS BENDIGO.

Also 10 ra:che the Cross was PO Kevin Crandon, for hi~ OUIstand i ng achievement as thc trainlllg manager of the Marine and E1cctroni tTechoicians' Career Managemem Cell and within the DirectorJte of S:lilors' Career Management.

T o r ecei \ e the Conspicuous Service

'.

.... Ieilil were LCDR Gootge Graham RAN R for hl~ outstanding seNil:e as the reSident naval otTicer on Thu rsday hi and. WO Kevin CUrtiS for his work a.~ the fleet anti-submarine warfare:tssistant:IIMHQ and WOStephen Butt for out.'>Ianding service a5 the combat systems manager o n HOBART. The man who makes ciUeriog ·1ick" at HMAS HARMAN, CPO Frans Buissink. also roxeivedthe medaJ.

Restructuring given priority Re::~t~~~~et~hi~~~ CO~;rih~ti:~ \lo~~ ~~7~~ ~~\'~hli~ ~~~~1':,I~h~~~:~ ~~:~~alu~u~~~u;o~lI~C~s~ Navy"s highest priorities. 50.000:' VADM Chalmer.; we have the right number after market testing. o r

C N . V A 0 M Do 0 said. of people with the right civi liaoba ti (lfI Chalmer.;, said the restroc- 'The task 01 re~tructur- mix of quali fications and --As a re~ul t we now luring was continuing in ing i~ difficult bul Navy's categorlt~" have Ihe "rong mix of pri-order to achieve a Navy of workforce pl:l11 \() meel ·· Fourteen thou\:llld mary quallfkatiol1s and 14.000 people with 6S per this requirement is well allows the Navy \0 man categorie~ among our om~ cenl of the billets in com- advanced. I am hoping the ships, submarines and cers and sailors for the bat·related employment by Ihat the plall should be aircraft ~quadroos which Navy of the future. 10 total July 1,2001 tully implemenTed and arc io ser"ke, or about TO we had about 1000 ~a ilors

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biggest chattenges (acing number of ser\ice perM)n- an added complexi ty was the RAN io the Defen~e nel involved in ~uppon in Thm the re-mix needed to Reform Program enviroo- order to make them avail- be coorrJinaTed with the ment was to rest ructure able for l:ombat and !.:om- markel testmg and com-the workforce by mid- bat-relatedduttes. mercial support contract 2001. He said Ihe non-combat process

"In Olher words we dutie~ "ould be mainly • Continued page 10. ----------------

Senior officer promotions C~r:;lO~~~la rd Lamacraff has been

Chief of Navy, VA DM C ha l mers, has announced Ihat CDRE Lamaeraft wil! be elevated 10 a rear admiral. AI the same time he will be po~ted to head Ihe division <)1' sy~tCnlS acquisi­tlom

VADM Chalmers also announ~ed a

promotion for CDRE Bill Dovers. He tOO wilt become a rear adnllraL

CORE Do\'eb wi tt become SupPOr1 Commander Navy, a position to be vacated la ler this year by RADM Simon Harrington.

RADM fl arrington becomes t he head of the Australian Defeoce Force ,>taffin Wa<;hingwn

As a consequence tbe former CO of the \"1.'5· sd, CAPT James Goldrick, has returnt'd to the FFG. CAPT Goldrick's retu rn is an interim measure u ntil CMDR S im on Cullen assumes command in April.

VADM Chalml"rs said: ·,It is wil/l regret, but absolute resolve. that today (22.1.99) I have had to relieve the Commandi ng Orficer of HMAS SYONEY of his command for incidents o f unac ­ceptable beha\·iour.

Investigation

"Following allegations made \' ja Na vy 's Lifeguard Helpline the Maritime Command e r conducted an investigation that has revealed a pattern of un acceptable behavour by the CO, comprisin g verbal comments of a se"ual nature and uoacceptable physica l contact.

" I don 't need to tell you that this so rt of behaviour is take n ve r y seriously within t h e Navy and that no kind or unacceptable behav­iour will b e tolerated," CN said.

tater the i\1inistt'r Ass is ting the Mi nister for Defence, "'Ir Bruce Scutt, sa id tht' announce· ment by the Navy of its res ponse to harassment allegations demonstrated that the Defe nce'S desd plin a r y a lld pers onnel practict'S were worki ng.

" While I d o not intend to comment on th e deta il or the indiv idual allegations I commend t h e Navy for i ts prompt i n ve 5tigatio n a ll d action o n t h is malter," M r Scott said.

';This sends a very clear message to Defence personnel and the public that Derence i5 com­mitted to eliminating harassment in the Forces,

" It also d{'monstrates t hat Defence's support n e twork s and processes for dea li ng with harassment are working."

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rine escape instructor with the RAN.

He was flallled in the military division of Australia"s Queens Birth-

• At the palace ga tc!s .. WO Ter ry Rowell with his award a nd his wife KrystYlla, daughter Alison and LCDR Anne Atkinson .

day Honours List early rine training school in the palace) and the s l.Ie<:essful and Terry and me mber. LC OR Anne

Atkinson. also joined last year but in August. Britain. Defence Attache's office his wife Krystyna attended before the presem3tion of As a result discussion ~ a l the Australia n High the palace. them .

Sydney visit for ARUNTA

the mcdal ,found himself began between Govern- Commission in London With them wasdaughlcr Terry was one of J50 to

~~IN~rnto H~~~ ~~:~I'I;~~IC~:::c~ (:~~ ~~a!C~h~Opa%-::ive the ~;~v:hu~ :~. flown in receive awards. He was T~=rey~::n~" ~~Wt~~ DOLPH IN, the ~ubma- administration cent re fOf The d iscussions were Defence attache staff the only AustraJi 'ln . waves, the 3600 tonne

Shethcn hcads north for a South East A);ian deploy­ment.

~============;'ii~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~""';~~~ frigate HMAS A RUNTA ~ ha.~ travelled up the NSW r-------coast and inloSydney. ,

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• Weight tran sfer .. C MDRs Ba rton a nd Tomkins. Cairns Post picture.

Weight transfer i nth e far n 0 rt h A:U:~d ~~i~~~: :~~~~~i:n ~:t;~ ues on facilities costing between $6 and $8 million and the complements of three new ships are filled, the outgoing com­manding officer of HMAS CAIRNS. CMDR John Barton, ~aid last week.

'The region wi II go from a total of about 500 Nav)' pcrsol1ucI in Caims 10 600. The new hydrogrJphic ships need three crews of 48 people. some of which have come from IIMAS FLINDERS which was decommissioned last year." the outgOing CO said.

"Cnacial to the support of the hydro­graphic ships is the in·service support

to IWO years we will have everything

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CMDR Barton will rellla in in Cairns to

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The new CO, CM DR Steve Tomkins. a

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vide suppon to the ships. North Queensland," CMDR Tomkins " [tisanticipatcd that wi thin 18 months said

Co m miss i o n e d in Melbourne on December 12, the slcek warship was put through her paces by CMOR Greg Yorke and his ship 's company of 164 .

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WU~~:jo~fS~~~ spent ChrislmaS and ' the new year in home pon (except for NEWCAS­TLE) it was business as usual for the palrol boal fleet.

Operating OUI of Dar­win, Cairns and Broome the boals. boosled by fish­eries inspeclofS, made sweeps backward and forward across the top of Australia.

'Their "eyes in me sky", the Coastw:ltch aircraft, werewilhthem.

It was not long before the aircraft and the patrol boats were to see action. On January 5 a Coast­watch plane spotted an Indonesian Type 3 fish­ing boat near Brue Reef.

• "MAS GAWLE R enters Darwin Harbour. Picture: LSPH Sha ne Cameron.

HMAS GAWLER (LOCR B. Victor) sped to the scene and boarded the large vessel to find 37 men aboard. They also found 1,001) kilo­grams of trochus shell, some still alive.

Economic Fishing Zone near Evens Shoal. As th e patrol boat approached the crew was seen to haul in a single handline.

They also found a long line with 100 hooks run out.

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Boarded, the Aus­tralians found a plasti­cised Indonesian chart hidden in the bilges and a GPS. No bait or fish were found and no arrest made.

The craft . the Nuri /lahi from Maginli Island, and crew were arrested and taken to Broome.

January II saw GLADSTONE check

Two days laler HMAS GLADSTONE (LCDR M. Stone) found an Indonesian fishing boal with six people aboard inside the Australian

out a 12 melre Type 3 Indoncsian fishing boat anchored ncar the AEEZ north of Darwin . Boarded. the Australians fou nd six fishermen along with lookgs of bait, 250kg of fresh fish and JSkgs of shark fin.

Special watch for illegal immigrants A~~;:~a~on~a~tX~St!~it;o~~:~ been asked to begin special watches for foreign craft carrying suspected illegal immigrants.

The request came from civilian authorities and follows increased activity of foreign vessels carrying aliens.

The vessels and their occupants are distinct from Indonesian fishing craft poaching in Australian controlled waters.

Incidents since late December have included:

• December 22 - A small coastal freighter with 53 aboard runs aground on the Cobourg Peninsula east of Darwin. The ship came from the Peoples Republic of China.

• lanuary 2 - A motorised Indonesian fishing vessel with nine suspected illegal immigrants and four Indonesian crew are arrested south­east of Cartier Island in the Ashmore Rccf area. 1be vessel came out of Kupang and was heading for Australia·s mainland,not the reef.

• January 3 -An Indonesian

boat powered by an outboard arrives at Annesley Point on the Cobourg Peninsula with three suspected aliens and an Indonesian aboard. 1beir jour­ney began in Thai. Indonesia .

• January 12 -A30 mctre cargo ves­scI enters Pan Hedland Habour. Thc ship, which has the appearance of a fishing boat, has four foreign nationals on board.

Meanwhile, Immigration officials arecheclting the backgrounds of nine people found in Australian waters north of Broome.

They are also checki ng on the Indonesian crew of the Type 2 fishing craft on which the nine were travel­ling.

HMAS GAWLER (LCDR B.R. Victor) found the vesscl on the week­end of January 113. 100 patrol boat took the boat in tow but it became evi­dent it was in danger o f sinking.

Its crew and the nine suspected iIIe­gal immigrants were transfcrred to the warship. Later the fishing boat sank.

GAWLER continued on to Broome where the people were handed to offi­cials.

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T:etl~~v~~~:a:~st~: Island of New Georgl3 in the Solomons groop wIll soo n be 3ble to switch ona light and 3 refriger­ator for the first time, com pliments of Ih e RAN.

Two kilomelres down Ihe r03d Ihe 600 b03rd­ers 31 3 high school will get lights in their room~ 3110wing them 10 study 31nighl.

This month HMAS BRUNEI (LEUT Rlch3rd Stevenson) will t ran~pon

47.5.8 metre long and 2500101 dIameter PVC p i pes to the New Georgia port of NOTO. The pipes .... ill be carried by local crartto the vil­lage of Bulel:n'ata two hours aW3Y where o\er the nellt 10 months they will be laid to tale water under pre ssure from a weired stream to an Australian developed Pelto n whed mi cro hydro-electric turbine. al the: UniverSity of tion of Ihe vi tally needed to get elect ricit y th3nls and theI r 250 occupants

The Austnl.lian human- Technology 31 Ultimo in power equipment. to APACE. in Buld3\ata to get dec-

NI'''·s. "Under superviSIon.

loca l ~ople will lay the pIpeS from a WeiT across a local stream down to whe re 3 Pelton .... heel turbme \1111 be filled.

"The prOject is costing S290.000 and will be ready 31 the end of the year.

" Th en the residents C3n SWllch on a lIght for the fi rst tIme and po .... er arefrit:erator.

" It Will have s ignifi­cant benefits for the vll­lage:.

'The ch ildren will be able to do their hom e­worl 3t night and other vill agers wi ll come to social functio ns held in buildmgs \lith light .

" I \lould not be sur· prised to see elec tri c sewmg machmes put to use. There will be eco-nomlcbenefil~,

"Anot her important effect will be for the Blula 1-Ilgh School down the road. The school has

firSlllme the} \llll ha\'e a secure fonnofeleClric­ity.

"They now use an old, unrehable and upenslve d .. :se l ge ner3tor." she saId.

The R AN became Involved because Noro is off the usual shlppmg routes.

"We asked the N3\'y for help 3nd they obhg­ed," Hannah saId,

''The Navy has helped us before," she added.

T he ship is due 10

leave Cairns on February 9 and will stayo\'erlllght at the port allowing her shlp's company to meet the loca l residents.

LCDR Sle\enson and hIS personnel will then take the remaining cargo on the ship t o Boug3inviJle as part of Operation Bel lsi. Ih e peace mo nito nn g pro­gram on the island.

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T~I~p:;t~~y W~:dO~~ tooth is one of the most co mmon rea so n s Australian sailors are put ashore for medical treatm ent in fore ig n P"'''-

At the Balmoral Naval Hospi t a l in Sydney a quaner of the theatre time is taken up by outside civi lian sur­geons doing o ral surgery on RAN person­nel.

The RAN's new Fleet Dental Surgeon. LCDR C heng- Yee Ro ssiter. hopes to change these si tu-at ions. He is lead-

• LCDR Rossiter ..... ith Dr David 8oUlh.

ing by ellample. The young dentist has demist who remo\(~d ;;;;;;======;;;;;;;;;;;;;;====;- just completed the civil 1600 decayed teeth in

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He w ill now impart Services. his knowledge 10 other LCDR Rossiter ~aid RAN dentists, panicu- CAPT Fussell ha~ been larly the three who are a keen advocate of pro-attached for Fleet Base fessional development East ships and the one (Lnd education of RAN deployed from FBW. dental officers as a way (There are 30 dentists in to imprO\e the ~tandard the Navy.) , of a\ydental care

When required he will "After two ycar~ (If also go to sea. di .. cu .. sion bctwecn

The course completed CAPT Fussell and by LCDR Rossiter (the UWA, Perth Dental

Hospital and the Royal Penh Hospital this grad­uate diploma course majoring in oral surgery was tailor-made to meet a gap in the oral surgery needs of the ADF.

" Dr Bo oth and CMDR William so n . who is the clinica l head of oral surge ry at the Perth Dent al Hospital a nd Royal Pen h Hospital. created a bal · anced course consisting of theoretical and clin i­cal oral surgery. medi ­ci ne, pathology, radiolo­gy and diagnosis

"The training placed a hea\y emphasLs on sur­gical management of impacted wi~dom teeth and faciallrauma since these area~ are directly relevant to the needs of theA DF. espcciallydur­ing deplo)'ment~

"Historicall). facial trauma and wisdom teeth complicatIons have been the most debilitating dental prob­lems affecting personnel in the area of ope ra­tion," he said.

LCDR Ros!titer is cur­rently serving in HMAS ST IRLI NG but comes to MHQ in March a~ the Fleet Denti,1 Surgeon.

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l£!~~~~~~;r:~I~~~=~Y~::i~: Newcastle ~Iamour having rescued Newcastle yllChl Solo Globe O\3Jlenger during the disa.~trous 1998 Telstrn Sydney to Hobart Yacht Raee.

Her Seahawk helicopter, flying the Australian Whi te Ensign. heralded NEWCASTLE's arrival in her name-dty for five days of National Maritime Festival and Austral ia Day celebralions lasl month.

Celebrations began on Saturday night wi th Ihe festival cockraiJ party on NEWCASTLE's fligh t deck. Guests were impressed by a Beat the Retreat and Ceremonial Sunset ceremony performed by the RAN Band. TS TOBRUK Naval Reserve Cadets and HMAS NEWCASTLE's ceremonial guard.

A busy Sunday followed wilh a visit by children from the ship's adopted chari ty, the Hunter Orthopedic School. They were soon joined by more than 4000 Novocastrians eager to sec "their ship".

NEWCAS11..E marked Au.qruj ia Day by exercising her right of Frt'Cdom of Entry fOl" the flfSt time since it was gr,lfl ted by the Newcastle City Council in December 1995.

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emergency.

Utilising their sophisticated Automati Flight Control and navigational system they were able to carry out night rescu operations during the severe weather con ditionsexpericnced.

Four RAN helicopters from HMA Ships MELBOURNE and NEWCASTLE and 817 Squadron were involved in the yacht race rescue emergency.

In 1he lrngedy six yachtsmen died,anoth­er 50 wcre rescued, many by the Navy, and several yachts sunk or were abandoned.

The Seahawks from NEWCASTLE and MELBOURNE and the Sea Kings from 817 Squadron became vital rescue

To improve upon the sterling perior manee already provided by the RAN th crews have made suggestions which rna assist personnel in furthcropcrationsof similar nature.

They include the acquisition of nigh vision devices and the expedited in duction of the Billy Pug rescue net .

they keep on saying Britain has given a bra,'· ery :Iward to HMAS ADELAIDE for her res· cue of Englishman Tony Bullimore from the Southern Ocean two years ago.

A similar award went to the KAAF for its in"oh'ement in the res­cue,

The ADELAIDE and the KAAI- received the HMS HURRICANE Trophy at a ct'remony in January al the Imperial War J\.·luseum in London,

The trophy was estab­lished in 1984 by the sur­,"iVOTS of the ship 's com­pany of IIMS HURRI­CANE, a World War II destroyer,

It is presented for "bravery and rescues at sea",

CAPT Patrick Oates, the former OIC of HMAS C RESWELL and now a defence attache in London, received the tro­phy on behalf of ADE­LAJDE,

WGC DR Stephen Drury of the RAAF's maritime pat rol grou p accepted the trophy on behalf of the Orion crews who new deep into the Southern Ocean to locate not only Sullimore bul a second disa bled round­the-world lone yachts. man, Thierry Dubois,

The rescues were the most southerly air·sea operation ever conduct-00.

• ABOVE, the famous picture of Tony BullimOTe safe aboard ADELAIDE's RJB and BELOW, as the miracle yachtsman bobs to the surface a fter his

ordeal.

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The Call IJMAS NEWCASTLE's .IIseahawt pilot. LCDR Adrian Lister, wu sitting [0 the lounge room or his Bonm, Syclney. bGme on the night of Sunday. December n . when !.be pbOM rang.

The calkr was from the Na1'J and ak.-ted him be mig.ht be need· N to mUSlu his eftW and carry out rescues of disabkd SyclDey to Robart tompctitors.

"'That was 6pm.. AD hour later- I was told to ,..," Adrian ruaIls.

" I pbooed the others and karued then was DO Na.,. car to take us to 1D1AS ALBATROSS to cd 0Qr aira'afL

"My wife aCJ'ftd to drive us. "We picked up my co-pilol,

LEUT Midi: Curtis. at BondJ. tth'RWI LEIJI' Mart. hvilanl at Carinpah and aewmaD LS Dave Oxley a' Albioa Puk.

"We arrbed at Nown about 10!'

The Navy Suhawt was loaded

with sparH and ftSOIe ~uiplMDl and • number or 1DIlintaiDa's.

"We fiew to Merimbula, ofDoaded the maiDtainen aDd re­mnligurN the airttaft.

"Aftrr talkiJlg with AUSAR pe0-

ple we deparUd at l.A5am (or tbe ...... ~ "Another N..,y bdkopter had

taken thne £rom the yacht Swwd DjOriD".

"We had to Cd a.DOtINr six. "'III pitcb dark if. was too daapr-­

oustodotbtl"t:SlOlC!JOaftertaikinc to the ~ieIbounIe: mpt cemre pt&­

.. aad to tbt yadd's stfpptr .. cItanDell6.lclecidtdtowaituntil -. .........

"We ciId!d the JKbt ad spoc.. -"-"Just after SamISD&. ' bip.IiDe' mdbod we btpD IiftiD& tile six..

"'F.xh bad to an tile yacht and be wiDc:bcd out of tbt water.

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• • • "Ibey were very gn,teful 10 be

OD board. They . ·en glad 10 be aliTe," Adrian said.

Adrian and his team Oew them. several of 1fbom wen iojUJ'fd. to MHimbula airport from whcrr they wen taken by ambtJ.l:iDce to Pambu.la Hospital.

" We bacia .. dqJt for 24 bours," becootinued.

"FortaDatdy • local nsideat with. JDaDSioa olI"ered. us • bed.

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Wfbea it was bad. to the airport. "Because our .. indl bad faikd

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As an askk Adriall rneakd: "'I'1tere J was ooSaturday at WAT· SON ... tdaiag the y.:hts bead 011' and the folJowm,: day called out to rt:SaM: some oftbem."

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AclubforallranksloinlroducesaiIing. Superbly situated on Sydney Harbour. available lor members

and families for parties, functions and recepllonsand Divisional and professional meelings.

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Prized dirk for Mark's excellence C~:~:n~a~~~u~~~~ Navyhfe.

Whenlieutenantsgradu­ate they recei\e a gleam­i ng sword. But ofcen bcfore reaching th;:u rank. and as midshipman. some receive asmallercutttng Implement in the form of a dirk.

SBLT Mark Hlrring:too is the latest to recehe the award.

He received t h~ AD! Dtrkforhisexcellence in loglSlicsmanagemenL

Since ADJ's inception the complny has mad~ sigmficant efforts to help

" ro rcssorMarchan t a l lhe fo'ra ncc Austra lc laUll(·h.

the Australian Defence Force" IIh awards and sponsorships.

The company awards pri .. es of significant value to studen ts at the Australian Defence Force Academy and the three sinl!ie service officer trainingestabhshments.

In the case of Navy the officer is selected annual­ly by HMAS CERBERUS for hisor here)(cellence in logisticsmanagemenl.

The pri..:e which AD! awards to this indi\idual is of Intnnsic value as ",ellasits\alue~aCt:lI­I«:tor·sllem.

L;CDO~ ~~~~~r~h:;~ ALDTON) was nne of the official1:u.e'h Jt the launch of FUln,1'

Australt'. ThisfullyclJioun:dillu,­

trated bool. "mten by ProfeSSOfLe<.he "Ian:hant Cheval,,:r. Onln: National du Mt'nte. ";1<' launched b~ the Prenllerol West ... m Australia RI~·hanJ CouI1 at the Librar) utW~\tern AlNralta.

T he prize IS the mid­shlpm:ln·sdirk.

Dirls have not been normal issue to the RAN and RN since before WWI!.

However. the AD! dirks were made by Wilkinson Sword prior to World War II. 1bey a~ of the original RNpauem.

Mr Gf"Jeme Forrest. the General ManagerlMarine forADI formally present­ed Marl With his dirk ina ceremony at ADI'scorpo­raTe headquaners at Bondi Junclloo.

Marl is sening in HMASSYDNEY

Based on prev ious unused records of e)(plorers and informa­tion gleaned by the author on hts o\\n e'(pc­dltion\. the book pro­videsadetint(i\·eaccount of the I-r~nch contribu­tion to Au\traltan disco\­ery from the time 01 Vasco de Gama to the Joint e ffort made by Britl~h aod French t'~plorer, 10 the Age of Enlightenment

Restructuring given priority

·.rrompage 3. " Ideally the reduction of support and admlmstra­

tion scrvice personnel should be synchronised With the lelling of commercial contracts.

"Unfonun:uely thIS has not been the case and has led to inadequate staff In some support areas and unacceptably high workloads.

"Steps have been taken to resolve these prob­lems.

"Work to restruc'u~ the Navy has been ongoing since we first started implementing the DRP some 18 months ago.

"A limited redundam:y program was conducted that specifically targeted some officers' primary qUllificmions and sailors' categories.

'· In addition there have been some chlnge:s in the t~rms of enlistment for satlors serving in down~it.ing or growing categories."

The Admiral said revised transfer of category (TOC) provisions had also been put 10 place to help S:UIOfSinchanglOgcategory.

The move had produced a modest success .... ith around 40 transfer\ occurnng. VADM Chalmers said the shortages of manne technicians. comblt systems operators. electromc warfare linguists, CSO mine warfare opcralo~, avionics and airframe tech­nicians. acoustic submarine e)(perts and manne sci­enlISt r.lled sailors presented significant cha1ienges and made it difficult to manage and lool after the;,e pcoplefairly.

'11m is reflected 10 fr ... quent and sudden postlOgS, extended sea poslIngs and mlny of the things thlt I would like 10 avoid for Navy people.

"Similar chalJengesapply to managing the down­si7.lOg categories, panicu!arly with the large num­ber; involved in the WTR. SN and BM group~ and the EWO. MTD, NPCSM. UWSM and WS cate·

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The FOFs. or as they would like to put it, "Fa;;\. Finicky, Fussy and Furry!".

LCDR Bob Ridley from the New Submarine Project heads the fiery Ridley Racing Formula 2 Motor Racing Team. a group of current and e:o.: naval officers.

The team consists of LCDR Mike Phillips. also from the New Submarine Project office. and retired

experience in excess of200 father's signature for years,the Ridley Team has parcntalapprovaL" an edge o\'cr its opponents. Hi s parents were not

Although a great deal of happy about hi s new media hype is direclCd at found love in mOlor the louring cars and sports. but evenlUally Formula 1 racing. little is came to became one of known about Formula 2. his biggest fans

A tess sophisticated When asked how long machine in comparison he will race for Bob with ilscounterpart. it still replied: "] know ofa gen-reaches speeds of up 10 Ileman who is racing at 2S0kph and that's fast. 64. I'd like to think [ will

LCDR Bob Ridley slan- be still racing well into my ed his racing time at 16. 60s or till I"m too old to

"1 put my age up a year hold the steering wheel."

Although the team is only 12 months old. the enthusiasm found in Ihepit would match four 20 year olds, who have just started their newfound hobby.

1lle wives have"tolerat­cd" their husbands' pas­time. as one member Slat­ed. ··It·s moreofa family come club atmosphere with us and we like to involve the wives as well." remarked Rob Ridley.

1loe Rjdley Racing Team is sponsored by Queanbeyan vehicle builders. Task Engineering and Etana RepairsofFyslw,ick.

Bonshaw Cup winners ~o!5~)~~~:: C~~!~::; in~~~c:7e':~~r.iill~a'i1Y on the ar;:;: ::;~he o"erall winner was youth and experience. running calendars Ol"er the ACT Mr Adam Lcane in a time of exact·

The inaugural 80nshaw Cup was with a list or well known runners Iy 20 minutes, with the lirst RAN held at HMA S HARMAN in including Andrew Lloyd and Lisa male home CPO RS Andy November 1963 and ran as an inter Ondeki-Martin. Horsburgh. departmental cross country race, The Bonshaw Cup is one of the First hldy hom e was M s Van with tbeSupply Branch the victors oldest running races in the ACT. Hercke with the first RAN lady on that day. II is preceded only by the LCDRSlephaniel\·foles.

The cup itselr was the only tro· Menzies Trophy Race, which is the The Bonshaw Cup was won by phy contested in that first year. ACT Cross Country the team " Almost Old Salls" com·

Since then the number of tro- Championship. prising CMDR Frank Kresse, phies contested has gradually The race is titled the Bonshaw LCDR Rod Harrod, LCDR Glen grown to include six team and 12 Cup because the name is taken Bridgart, CPO Andy Horsborough. individual categories which cater rrom the Bonshaw Naval PO Gary Bowen, and LS Michael for service, cil'i lian, veteran and Transmitting Station at the turn- Buhagiar.

Headed north T~ee:c~I~~~I~~~~i~~~~~e;r;: ~~~h~ra=~~~ ~a:~~ against the New South Wales Golf Association.

The game was played in high spirits but rather ordi-' nary weather with NSWGA winning by 18 to 6.

The four ball and foursomes events were convincingy won by the NSW team 10 to 2: however, the ADFGA {cam fought back in the singles events with an 8 to 4 result in favour of our OPPOSition.

The singles result was particularly pleasing. as the NSWGA team comprised three former NSW amateur champions and some olher thoroughbred members of Australian golf.

The ADFGA learn, which was proudly sponsored by

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J I I 1'1. I II, , , Boeing. comprised lhe following members, pictured above:

Back Row: RADM lohn Lord (ADFGA President). David Gladman, Peler Medlicoll. SCOII Presneill. Nick Gould. Cliff Smith and Jose Zarale.

Front Row : Bill Howe, Craig Crossley. Warwick Conlin. Tony Wallace, Daryl Bell, Sieve Cordiner, Mike Hofmeier and Geoff Skinner.

'lOUR HOLIDAY lOUR RESORT

The RAN Central Canteens Fund owns, and operates,

three holiday resorts. These resorts offer excellent

standards of accommodation including cottages, units,

caravan and camping sites (not Forster Gardens), as well

as excellent facilities at significantly less cost than other

similar commercial holiday resorts.

BUNGALOW PARK Located at Burrill Lake, 4km south of Ulladulia on the mid South Coast of NSW. Bungalow Park fronts the shores of Burrill Lake and is only minutes from the beach.

Burrill Lake offers safe swimming for children and is ideal for fishing and all water sports.

A highlight at Bungalow Park is the spectacular daily bird feedings.

Contact the manager, Ken Veitch for bookings or further information. Bungalow Park, Burrill Lake NSW 2539

TELEPHONE.- (02) 44551621 FAX: (02) 44544197

AMBLIN CARAVAN AND CAMPING PARK

Situated 240km south west of Perth, on the Bussell Hwy just soulh of BusseJlon. Amblin Park is right on the shore of Geographe Bay which offers safe swimming for children and is ideal for fishing and all water sports.

Amblin Park also has a fully enclosed heated swimming pool.

Contact the manager, Frank Frimston for bookings or further information. Amblin Caravan Park, PO Box 232 BusseJton WA 6280

TELEPHONE: (08) 97554079 FAX: (08) 9755 4739

FORSTER GARDENS Occupying a prime location in Forster on the mid-North Coast of NSW, 331km from Sydney. Located at 1-5 Middle Street , Forster Gardens provides a pleasanl village atmosphere wilh aU the delights and attractions of Forster only a few minutes walk away.

Contact the manager, Ian McLaughlin for bookings or further infonnation. Forster Gardens, PO Box 20 Forster NSW 2428

TELEPHONE / FAX: (02) 6554 6027

Bookings for Holiday Units accepted up to TEN months ahead for Navy Personnel and up to NINE months ahead for all other patrons. Bookings for Caravan and Tent sites will be accepted up to TWELVE months ahead for all patrons. Retired RAN personnel (20 years or more) are eligible for full Service discounts and all those with less than 20 years are entitled to up to 20% discount at all Holiday Centres.

Write to Staff Officer (Canteens), DSUP-N, CP3-1 -B1 Campbell Park Offices, CAMPBELL PARK ACT 2600 to obtain your discount card.

Telephone: (02) 6266 4985 Fax: (02) 6266 2388

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