Joined: Mon Oct 13, 2003 8:09 am Posts: 4542
City or Town: Lake Munmorah State: NSW
H.M.A.S. BRISBANE. (DDG 27 – D41)
At 1000 Monday 19th October, 2015 at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra a Plaque remembering the crews of H.M.A.S. Brisbane will be dedicated into the Naval Memorial Garden Wall.
All ex H.M.A.S. Brisbane crew members are cordially invited to attend this dedication ceremony. Suitable smart casual clothing with medals.
It will be 14 years to the day the ship was decommissioned from the Australian Fleet.
NOTE Accommodation / travel / meals / drinks to be self arranged. (Mecure Hotel is offering a deal quote. HMAS181015)
Joined: Mon Oct 13, 2003 8:09 am Posts: 4542
City or Town: Lake Munmorah State: NSW
.......................DDG-41 'The Steel Cat' Ship's band performing RAS break-away song 'Proud Mary'
Published on Aug 31, 2012 The band on HMAS Brisbane DDG 41, 1994 somewhere in the Philippine Sea. Band at sea, why not? Think I caught up with one of the band at some dos hole bar that was the norm in those days, promised them a copy of the "concert" I filmed from the tanker. Well guys, it's 18 years late, but better late than never. If any band members see this and want a DVD, just draft a signal to me.
Joined: Mon Oct 13, 2003 8:09 am Posts: 4542
City or Town: Lake Munmorah State: NSW
Underwater prop change - A first for a DDG from Dennis Comeford - HMAS Brisbane DDG41(Facebook)
When this happened and in true spirit of Jack Tar rumors were quick to circulate throughout the ship about diverting via Guam, Pearl Harbour and even Long Beach, California to have the prop replaced. No one was complaining about an extended deployment with the possibility of ending up in one of these destinations for a couple of weeks prop change. A fair bit of disappointment when we headed south to Aust instead of east.
When I was in Mooloolaba recently, I used to go for a jog along the beachfront, and came across the HMAS Brisbane memorial. Quite impressive in an understated way.
Part of the mast is on display on a bow-shaped concrete base with two information signs about the vessel and another sign showing where she is resting and in which direction etc.
I used to throw a snappy goffa as I sped around the mast on my jogs.
Joined: Mon Oct 13, 2003 8:09 am Posts: 4542
City or Town: Lake Munmorah State: NSW
Very attractive in it's simplicity...
Hmmmm... Perhaps we could sent a photo of those little ROUND spotlights, core drilled and embedded in the centre of those tiles, to the gouging rip-off clowns who won the rights to print money with their winning tender for the Martin Place Memorial...
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'The Steel Cat' 
Fair bit of "blackers" from the aft stack there!!!!!!!!!! 
along the beachfront, and came across 
Very attractive in it's simplicity... 
Perhaps we could sent a photo of those little ROUND spotlights, 
core drilled and embedded in the centre of those tiles, 
who won the rights to print money with their winning tender 
for the Martin Place Memorial... 
