Aboard
the Orient Express - Centrespread
Climbing
the Great Wall of China, sailing down the Yangtze River and taking
part in the World Expo in Japan have all been recent highlights
for the crew of HMAS Canberra.

Aerobics
Manoora style -
Lighter side
HMAS Manoora (CMDR Andrew Rourke) was the venue at Fleet Base
East when sailors joined an enthusiastic team from Oz Aerobics
to perform their routine exercises on board.

Pay
manual hits the mark - Personnel
The latest ADF Pay and Conditions Manual has just been released
and the new documents are reported to be better written and easier
to understand than ever before
Brewing
brand new venture
-Personnel
805 Squadron CO CMDR Peter “Blue” Ashworth landed for the final
time at 12.30pm on March 31 marking the end of a naval career
spanning 27 years.
Updated
info on FFGs
-Personnel
HMAS Canberra and HMAS Adelaide are currently scheduled to pay
off in November 2005 and September 2006 respectively.

Colourful
past put on pages -History
It
is fitting that a book relating to the history of one of our “more
colourful” ships, the River-class frigate, HMAS Diamantina, should
be launched in the year of its 60th anniversary of its commissioning
into the Royal Australian Navy on April 27, 1945.

Poignant
railway pilgrimage -History
It
was an especially poignant Anzac Day for 21 members of HMAS Warramunga
ship’s company, who commemorated the occasion at Hellfire Pass
on the infamous Burma-Thailand railway.

Seaworthy
