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Yep, West Head, Gunnery heaven for sure, 4.5 turret, 40/60's, 50cal and the under over 50cal with M2 mortar, awesome weapon. This is a Mk 7, did time on HMAS Australia , I gave the fellas an operator's manual for them but must have lost the maintenance manual over the years....if you know of one let me know.... I loved the old Mk5 , was M3 Gun Capt on 'Detta, great times, nearly killed me but I loved it.
I wandered thru West Head on a refresher course in 76 I think, had a ball, way better than when an OD.
 

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Yep, West Head, Gunnery heaven for sure, 4.5 turret, 40/60's, 50cal and the under over 50cal with M2 mortar, awesome weapon. This is a Mk 7, did time on HMAS Australia , I gave the fellas an operator's manual for them but must have lost the maintenance manual over the years....if you know of one let me know.... I loved the old Mk5 , was M3 Gun Capt on 'Detta, great times, nearly killed me but I loved it.
I wandered thru West Head on a refresher course in 76 I think, had a ball, way better than when an OD.
I did a mortar course at west head when I was an OD on the QueenBee in '67 Memories now
 

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What the poor people do on a Sunday in Paradise. (Paradise Point actually) Watch the rich. :behindsofa:

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Finally some sunshine (not much) after 6 days of rain, drizzle and fog, Big Mal has no leaks thankfully, to while away the time I had a re-read of some manuals and noticed my fridge a RM4605 likes to chew 1.35amp on 240 and 22.9amp on 12v while the smaller jobs chew substantially less on 12v , 14.5amp and discovered something I didn't know or forgotten is that the Climate Control switch on the fridge will draw down the van battery even with fridge off and needs to be turned off itself, might be why mine has been in the off position, ............. the fridge will certainly eat my Jeeps battery in a short time if engine off, in fact a draw like that is a good load to add to all the other electrical gizmo's, may require some thought actually, electricsteering can eat 80 odd amps when working hard so add a few more things and the 220 amp alternator is gong to be working some..... time to do a power audit I think..........
 
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ANZAC DAY 2021:

This Anzac day I presented at Winton for the march, a fairly long one around the various memorials in town then to the Cemetary so we could share with the Fallen, very inspiring........
Some Vets, and a serving member from each arm of the service in uniform and many wearing medals on the right in memory, local Ambo's, Firies, Police and school kids with horses and Mrs D even scored a lift in a horse drawn coach..................... Love these country towns Anzac Days, you are always made welcome..................

............................. LEST WE FORGET.............................


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............................................................................................................. Just me and The Banjo....AnzacWinton1.jpg..
 
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ANZAC DAY 2021:

This Anzac day I presented at Winton for the march, a fairly long one around the various memorials in town then to the Cemetary so we could share with the Fallen, very inspiring........
Some Vets, and a serving member from each arm of the service in uniform and many wearing medals on the right in memory, local Ambo's, Firies, Police and school kids with horses and Mrs D even scored a lift in a horse drawn coach..................... Love these country towns Anzac Days, you are always made welcome..................

............................. LEST WE FORGET.............................


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............................................................................................................. Just me and The Banjo....View attachment 66844..
Nice beard fella, I think that essential kit for any dignified outback traveler
 
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Good evening just testing out my new S20 plus so far going well
Hi Bluey,
Just wondering where you took those pics?
The first 2 photos look a lot like SA's Flinders Ranges but in the 4th pic the trees seem too big for that area.
Greg.
 
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Bummer @Bluey , the Echuca/Moama Steam Rally has been cancelled for this year so Ive just been messaged............... :concern: :concern: :concern: :concern: ..............
 

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Good Moaning All, after a fabulous light and noise show last night with some precipitation we have clear blue skies and the start of a nice day..............
 
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