Hanging wall panels and high cupboards
After getting the first cupboards installed, I move on to panelling the walls – then some high cupboards. There was a
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Author: Posted by Brian Hartigan
Tuvalu receives patrol-boat gift from Australia
Australia has handed over a new Guardian-class patrol boat – HMTSS Te Mataili III – to Prime Minister of Tuvalu
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Aussie sailors graduate from USN Nuclear Power School
In another significant milestone for the Australia, United Kingdom, United States enhanced trilateral security partnership AUKUS, the first seven Royal
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Billions promised for Henderson shipyards expansion
The Australian government will establish a consolidated Commonwealth-owned Defence Precinct at Western Australia’s Henderson shipyard to underpin tens of billions
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Australia donates retiring Abrams to Ukraine
The Australian government has announced it will gift 49 retiring M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine to bolster that country’s fight
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Update on HMNZS Manawanui sinking
The New Zealand Defence Force issued an update for media today, sending us the first official photos of HMNZS Manawanui in
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First cupboards installed in daughter’s kitchen
After building a good solid base, it’s time to start installing some cupboards on top. But that’s not as easy
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Aussie expert on Court of Inquiry into HMNZS Manawanui sinking
New Zealand Defence Force has announced details of its Court of Inquiry (CoI) into the sinking of HMNZS Manawanui in
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HMNZS Manawanui survivors homeward bound
Crew and passengers from Royal New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS Manawanui will be flown home to Auckland tonight aboard a
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HMNZS Manawanui hits reef and sinks off Samoa
Royal New Zealand Navy Ship HMNZS Manawanui hit a reef off the southern coast of Upolu, Samoa, on Saturday evening
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Deployment of ADF personnel and aircraft to the Middle East
ADF personnel and aircraft have been deployed to the Middle East as part of Operation Beech – Defence’s support of
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A good base to start kitchen layout
After a rocky start, I set out to build a solid foundation on which to rest the kitchen cupboards. But,
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The Healing | Veterans Health Week special movie screening + Q&A
Following the final report from the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide, Horse Aid is hosting a special online
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Rough start to a kitchen project
It’s taken a while – and A LOT of procrastination – but, I finally got around to making a start on
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Missing WWII bomber found off PNG
Royal Australian Air Force officials have positively identified a missing World War II aircraft, discovered late last year in waters
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Making a bar stool – and drinking beer
I need a new bar stool to go with my bar table in my little Irish ‘snug’. Actually, I didn’t
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25 years since INTERFET deployment
When the Timorese people took the courageous step of voting for independence in 1999 and asked the international community for
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Kongsberg building third missile factory in America
Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace is building a state-of-the-art missile production facility in the United States to meet global demand, following
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Safer without it? Should army medics wear the Red Cross?
Charles Sturt University research into the wearing of the Red Cross brassard by members of the Australian military show they
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Hanging clamps on old fence palings
Since moving house 12 months ago, there has been one issue in my shed that’s been bugging me – clamp storage.
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