Mick, stay as long as you like, but we'll have to have the obligatory 'one for the road' when you decide to head off, okay?

Difference between Basin Trials and the Rocks Run is that the Basin Trials is a typical run ashore with oppos, whereas the Rocks Run is very genteel. For Ned.

Tell your Mrs. that you'll be in safe hands - not good hands - and we will ensure you get home safely.

Trust us.

Us Chippies that is. Not Weyling. Or Tafmo. And I'd keep an eye on Kelson as well, he has a habit of kissing engineering orificers......

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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!

Still negotiating, but looks like I'll be able to front up at the city Extra at 0930 for most of the day. Spouse will stay and be with the family.

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Mick Hamilton
R105050
ex-LEUT SDENWE
26th MOBI intake
Jan 1969 to Feb 1989
Melbourne, Stalwart, Torrens, Vendetta, Vampire, Cook.
Estabs: Nirimba, Cerberus, Harman x 2, Coonawarra x 2.

VG *

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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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Mike (Pony) Moore
O42860
Ex-LT GLEN(ME)
16th MOBI intake
Jan 64 - Jul 88.
Anzac, Nirimba, Stalwart, Moresby, Creswell, Waterhen, Penguin, Vampire, GMGID (PJP), Coonawarra, Attack, Ardent, Cook, Kuttabull, Cerberus.

May your walls know joy; May every room hold laughter and every window open to great possibility.

Due to unforeseen circumstances I have to pull out of this years Rocks Run I hope all the troops and ladies enjoy the day as I have on the occasions I have attended

PS .Pony once again I have missed out on re-turning your shout at the Lowern Brau its just that the amount needed is beyond my financial status (Joking) but the good news Pete is going to shout

All the best to the team and families for Christmas and the New Year

Cheers
Viv (Mobi Minder)

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Viv MacLeod
R65148
Morran(March 66)
ME(D)-DENS-WOMTH4
1966 to 1986
Cerberus,Duchess,Waterhen,Hawk,Nirimba, Melbourne,Torrens,Perth, Leeuwin,Stalwart,Stirling,Kutabul

Bugger......

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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!

There is always next year..............

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Brian Mackenzie
ex-Shipwright Instructor
Oct '88 to Dec '93 (NIRIMBA) before and beyond

What a pity, I was looking forward to that, anyway we all look forward to seeing you next year Viv,

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Mike (Pony) Moore
O42860
Ex-LT GLEN(ME)
16th MOBI intake
Jan 64 - Jul 88.
Anzac, Nirimba, Stalwart, Moresby, Creswell, Waterhen, Penguin, Vampire, GMGID (PJP), Coonawarra, Attack, Ardent, Cook, Kuttabull, Cerberus.

May your walls know joy; May every room hold laughter and every window open to great possibility.

So disappointed to hear you won’t be joining us this year, Viv, and despite what you say, you’re such an integral part of us, I can’t remember a Rocks Pub Crawl without you...
Your dry wit and wry humour will be sadly missed... Merry Christmas, my friend...

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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

Seeing as how the real philosophical, deep, meaningful and topical subjects are discussed at the Frisco on Friday.......I'd like to suggest that we spend a bit of time discussing whether Hans Frank should have been indicted for the crime of "Genocide" rather than "Crimes against humanity" at the Nuremburg War Crimes Tribunal. Granted, he was found guilty and was hung, but I think it's important to discuss whether Lemkin was ignored by the Americans in favour of Lauterpacht. ....... and perhaps ponder over the unintended implications of this decision.