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Seejay
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Posted: Sun May 05, 2024 8:52 am |
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City or Town: Cairns
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Some things are actually moving ahead for defence/navy. The new steel piles for the major upgrade to the wharves in the Cairns Marine Precinct are now being unloaded near HMAS Cairns. They're up to 50 metres in length, and no I don't think that they're planning for a huge increase in tidal depth, just a lot of mud to drive through until refusal. The river frontage will soon sport a very long wharf that includes the navy section, with the plan being multi-customer usage. It'll be interesting to see how it all works in real life but I'm sure the navy will develop a whole new department to deal with this concept, and undoubtedly create another 1-star position for supervision.....
_________________ Chris O'Keefe R43136 Ex WO Chippy 19th MOBI Intake July 65 to July 85 HMAS Nirimba X 4 -Penguin-Sydney-Queenborough - Creswell - Moreton - Stalwart - Platypus - Coonawarra Reconstruction Team 76 - Platypus - Hobart - Cerberus - FHQ - Coonawarra. Anyone can be ordinary. Shipwrights choose to be extraordinary!
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Hippy Chippy
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Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 4:42 pm |
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Joined: Mon Oct 13, 2003 8:09 am Posts: 4648
City or Town: Lake Munmorah
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_________________ Rick Pengilly WEBMASTER Ex-CPOMTH3 R42630 13th MOBI Intake July'62 to July'74 HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Melbourne - HMAS Cerberus - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Lonsdale - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Brisbane
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Stroppy Chippie
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Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 5:21 pm |
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Joined: Wed Jan 28, 2004 8:24 am Posts: 596
City or Town: Schofields
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Two comments of the current Navy News: On page 5 there is an image of the Ghost Shark - the front reminds me of the MKI underwater glider that the clearance divers used to endue. A fibreglass and perspex from with 500lbs of glider to go with it.
On page 10: Mention of the award to former CPO Gavin Stevens. I had the opportunity to work with Gavin (on occasion) over the post Nirimba years and this is the first I have heard of this incident. I understand that clearance divers disappeared and reappeared over that period from the teams and always knew their work effort was not necessarily in a safe environment. He was the most technically astute sailor I have ever met and his level of knowledge across equipment and systems was unbelievable (not just diving related).
_________________ Brian Mackenzie
ex-Shipwright Instructor
Oct '88 to Dec '93 (NIRIMBA) before and beyond
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Hippy Chippy
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Posted: Wed May 22, 2024 3:39 pm |
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City or Town: Lake Munmorah
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_________________ Rick Pengilly WEBMASTER Ex-CPOMTH3 R42630 13th MOBI Intake July'62 to July'74 HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Melbourne - HMAS Cerberus - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Lonsdale - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Brisbane
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tafmo
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Posted: Thu May 23, 2024 10:22 am |
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City or Town: Sheidow Park
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_________________ Robin (Bob) King
R105234
Ex-WOETS4
25th MOBI Intake
July 68 - June 88
Nirimba, Waratah (Dam Neck), Brisbane, Waratah (Mare Is & LBNSY), Harman (CDSC), Waratah (Mare Is), Brisbane, Harman (Navy Office & CDSC), Waratah (Dam Neck & Mare Is), Harman (CDSC)
Wisdom comes with age, sometimes age comes alone.
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BC
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Posted: Thu May 23, 2024 11:26 am |
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City or Town: Tinonee
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_________________ Brian Carney R43371 Ex-WOMTP5 22nd Mobi Intake Jan 67 - Jan 89 RANATE, Sydney, Swan, Creswell, Stalwart (FMU), Cerberus, Derwent, Nirimba, Parramatta, Nirimba, FHQ (FMMO).
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Seejay
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Posted: Fri May 24, 2024 7:10 am |
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City or Town: Cairns
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_________________ Chris O'Keefe R43136 Ex WO Chippy 19th MOBI Intake July 65 to July 85 HMAS Nirimba X 4 -Penguin-Sydney-Queenborough - Creswell - Moreton - Stalwart - Platypus - Coonawarra Reconstruction Team 76 - Platypus - Hobart - Cerberus - FHQ - Coonawarra. Anyone can be ordinary. Shipwrights choose to be extraordinary!
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Robert W Moult
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Posted: Fri May 24, 2024 8:45 am |
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City or Town: Blackbutt
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First it was Bird Flu, then Covid and now it's Piles, is there no end to China's biological attacks?
_________________ Bob Moult
R42629
Ex-CPOMTH
13th MOBI Intake
1962 to 1982
Nirimba, Sydney, Melbourne, Tarangau, Penguin, Albatross Kuttabul, Harman, Hobart, Platypus, Duchess, Brisbane, Moreton
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Stroppy Chippie
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Posted: Fri May 24, 2024 2:12 pm |
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_________________ Brian Mackenzie
ex-Shipwright Instructor
Oct '88 to Dec '93 (NIRIMBA) before and beyond
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Seejay
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Posted: Fri May 24, 2024 5:44 pm |
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We may have to Boult the door again......
_________________ Chris O'Keefe R43136 Ex WO Chippy 19th MOBI Intake July 65 to July 85 HMAS Nirimba X 4 -Penguin-Sydney-Queenborough - Creswell - Moreton - Stalwart - Platypus - Coonawarra Reconstruction Team 76 - Platypus - Hobart - Cerberus - FHQ - Coonawarra. Anyone can be ordinary. Shipwrights choose to be extraordinary!
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