Shoalwater Bay Training Area Archives

Gunner Jake McKean and Gunner Fergus Eastaugh assess the trailer-mounted UAV recovery system during Exercise Chimera Walk at the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland. Story and photos by Captain Tadek Markowski.

Gunners test new eyes in the sky

30/04/202504/05/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1060 Views 0 Comments 20th Regiment, Exercise Chimera Walk, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Tactical Uncrewed Aerial Systems (TUAS), Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

The ADF’s Tactical Uncrewed Aerial Systems (TUAS) program came into sharp focus during Exercise Chimera Walk at the Shoalwater Bay

Gunner Ryan Fabri, of 20th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, takes part in Exercise Chimera Walk at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland. Story and photos by Captain Tadek Markowski.

Australian Army News

Drone warfare skills front and centre

29/04/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 449 Views 0 Comments 20th Regiment, Exercise Chimera Walk, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS)

For a fuller picture of his immediate surroundings, Lieutenant Timothy Ollis, of 20th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, walks in a

Australian Army soldiers and Singapore Armed Forces conduct a bilateral amphibious landing at Freshwater Beach in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area in Queensland, during Exercise Trident 2024. Story by Major Dan Mazurek. Photos by Corporal Lisa Sherman.

Australian Army News

Littoral joint training with Singapore

22/11/202423/11/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2106 Views 0 Comments 1st Brigade, Exercise Trident, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Singapore Armed Forces

Over the past week, almost 2000 soldiers, sailors and aviators from the Australian Defence Force and the Singapore Armed Forces

An Army soldier from Battle Group Heeler conducts a clearance of the Urban Operational Training Facility at Shoalwater Bay Training Area during Exercise Diamond Run 2024. Story by Major Martin Hadley. Photos by Corporal Johnny Huang.

Australian Army

Readiness shines brightly on Ex Diamond Run

21/08/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1452 Views 0 Comments 17th Sustainment Brigade, 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, 7th Brigade, Exercise Diamond Run, New Zealand Army, Shoalwater Bay Training Area

More than 1500 personnel converged on Rockhampton and the expansive Shoalwater Bay Training Area in Queensland from August 10-20 for

Australian Army officer trainees Staff Cadet Eric du Preez (left) and Staff Cadet Tori Spithoven from the Royal Military College at Duntroon, Canberra, during the Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023 live-fire demonstration at Shoalwater Bay training area in central Queensland. Story by Captain Evita Ryan. Photo by Staff Sergeant Ryan Wilhoit (US Army).

ADF People Australian Army News

Cadets experience multinational firepower

28/07/202304/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1409 Views 0 Comments Exercise Talisman Sabre, HIMARS, M777 Howitzer, Royal Military College-Duntroon (RMC-D), Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Staff Cadet

Nine I Class Staff Cadets from the Royal Military College − Duntroon (RMC-D) in Canberra, were given the opportunity to

Australian Army sappers from the 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment prepare Elanora Bridge for demolition with high explosive during Exercise Terrier Walk at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland. Photo by Corporl Nicole Dorrett.

Australian Army News

Bridge demolition a real blast

01/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1784 Views 0 Comments Shoalwater Bay Training Area

Sappers from 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment made, and demolished, history on Exercise Terrier Walk by destroying Elanora Bridge in Shoalwater

Gunners from 1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, fire the M777A2 155mm howitzer during Exercise Long Tan at Lone Pine Barracks in Singleton. Captain Cody Tsaousis. Photo by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.

Australian Army News

1 Regiment trains for ‘danger close’

23/09/202227/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2488 Views 2 Comments 1st Regiment Royal Australian Artillery, Canungra, M777 Howitzer, Shoalwater Bay Training Area

Members from 1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (1 Regt), deployed to Singleton military area in September for Exercise Long Tan,

Australian Army Gunners from the 105th Battery of the 1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, fire a 155mm SMArt anti-armour round from a M777 155mm Howitzer during Exercise Barce 2022 at Shoalwater Bay Training Area. Story by Captain Taylor Lynch. Photo by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.

Australian Army News Videos

Today’s forecast: steel rain on Exercise Barce

17/06/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2376 Views 1 Comment 1st Regiment Royal Australian Artillery, Exercise Barce, M777 Howitzer, Shoalwater Bay Training Area

Gunners from the 1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, sent an abundance of munitions down range during Exercise Barce, with the

Australian soldier Lance Corporal Chris Gagliardi, 7RAR on exercise with Singapore Army soldiers in Shoalwater Bay Training Area. Photo by Corporal David Cotton.

ADF Asia Australian News

$660 million Shoalwater Bay works contracted

25/09/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5197 Views 0 Comments Shoalwater Bay Training Area

Laing O’Rourke has been chosen as the Managing Contractor for the Australian-Singapore Military Training Initiative (ASMTI) facilities project works at

A US Air Force B-1B Lancer sits on the runway at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, before flying to Shoalwater Bay and back on a single bombing run for Exercise Talisman Sabre. US Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Quail.

Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Talisman Sabre USA

Talisman Sabre – Lancers flew 12-hour sorties to Shoalwater Bay

23/07/201723/07/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4159 Views 0 Comments B-1B Lancer, Exercise Talisman Sabre 2017, Joint Terminal Attack Controllers, JTAC, Royal Australian Air Force, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, US Pacific Command

US Air Force B-1B Lancers based at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, conducted two separate integration training missions with Royal

Australian Army News Talisman Sabre USA Videos

Talisman Sabre – mass-casualty exercise

20/07/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3253 Views 0 Comments 17th Combat Service Support Brigade, 17th CSS Brigade, mass-casualty exercise, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Williamson Air Field

Australian Army medics with 17th Combat Service Support Brigade evaluate a patient with a simulated gunshot wound during a mass-casualty

Australian Army News Talisman Sabre USA Videos

Talisman Sabre – second major beach landing

20/07/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3413 Views 0 Comments 2RAR, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, 31st MEU, Amphibious Assault Vehicles, Exercise Talisman Sabre, Landing Craft Air Cushioned, LCAC, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, V-22 Osprey

Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit land on Freshwater Beach in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area on 19 July

Australian News Talisman Sabre USA

Four C17s in low-level formation off Queensland

14/07/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4802 Views 0 Comments C-17A Globemaster, Exercise Talisman Sabre 17, Shoalwater Bay Training Area

Up to four United States Air Force (USAF) C-17A Globemasters will fly in a trail formation off the Queensland coast