SF charity cricket match for Wandering Warriors
East vs West – who’s taking home the Memorial Warriors Cup this year? Join us Saturday, Jan 25, 2025, at
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Author: Tracey Jones
CONTACT sets new readership record
CONTACT web site broke last year’s record of 6,519,714 page views for the calendar year today, 2 December. The new
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RNZAF’s first C-130J flight Antarctica
Flying one of the new Royal New Zealand Air Force’s (RNZAF) C-130J-30 Hercules to Antarctica for the first time was
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All the fiddly bits to finish a kitchen build
I can’t believe it – my daughter’s kitchen build is finished! Or at least it is now, in real life.
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HMNZS Manawanui sinking – human error
HMNZS Manawanui grounded and sunk off the coast of Samoa as a result of human error, the interim Court of
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Kitchen ceiling – part 2
The central, drop-down part of the ceiling will be a centrepiece of my daughter’s kitchen – if all goes to
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Kitchen benchtop – part 5 (and last)
I promise – this is the last video of the benchtop installation. It was a tricky and long-winded journey, but,
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Army’s new Landing Craft Heavy announced
Defence has selected a design by Damen Shipyards Group as the preferred option for the Army’s landing-craft heavy. CAPTION: Landing
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Kitchen ceiling – part 1
The ceiling in my daughter’s kitchen has lived in my head for months. It’s finally time to get it out
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Kitchen benchtop – part 4
How long does it take to fit one bench top, you might ask? Well, we’re near the end – just
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VC posthumously awarded 56 years after action
The late Private Richard Norden will be awarded a Victoria Cross for Australia for his gallantry during the Battle of
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Kitchen benchtop – part 3
This episode features a nice big slab of ironbark, which will be a standout feature of my daughter’s kitchen. Ironbark
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VALE – last veteran of New Zealand’s 28 (Maori) Battalion
Sir Robert Nairn Gillies KNZM, the last remaining member of the 28 (Maori) Battalion, passed away in Rotorua yesterday, aged
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Defence (or govt?) weasels out of $12billion satellite ordered last year
On 3 April last year, Defence was proud to announce Lockheed Martin Australia as the preferred tenderer to deliver a
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RAEME units sprayed sprayed with chemicals, Vietnam 1968 – RANCH HAND defoliant flights
Operation Ranch Hand was a name given by the USA to the tactical project for aerial spraying of herbicides in
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Australia to build GMLRS and forge M795s for ADF and export
The government has announced more initiatives in the domestic manufacturing of missiles and munitions at scale. FILE PHOTO: An American
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US Marines head home after six months down under
Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) 2024 has departed Australia, concluding the 13th annual rotation of United States Marine Corps
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Army UH-60M Black Hawk fleet update
The Australian Army says it is rapidly bringing its fleet of UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters in to service, with the
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Two steps to failure
This was a hard one to cop – but it was, in the end, a big fat fail. Or was
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Kitchen benchtop – part2
Putting the stone on top of the kitchen bench is a momentous milestone. One ‘simple’ act seems to progress the
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