Image Gallery 2009
18 May 2009
Tour de Force 15
Australian troops deployed in East Timor as part of the International Stabilisation Force (ISF), were treated to a series of concerts this week by Australian entertainers and sports people as part of Tour de Force 15, the fifteenth Forces Entertainment Tour to visit East Timor.
The entertainers included Mark Furze (from Home and Away) and his rock band, Falcon Road, as well as Melbourne comedian, Matthew Hardy. MC’s for the night, and with their own version of entertainment, were Amazon (Shari Onley) and Destiny (Karen Harding) from the television show, Gladiators, and Warratahs / Wallabies rugby player Adam Freier.
Amazon and Destiny put some very unknowing volunteers through their paces during the concerts, including several weigh-lifting and endurance activities.
In what was a grueling tour, the troupe performed five concerts in three days, three in Dili and two at Forward Operating Bases at Baucau and Gleno.
The entertainers enjoyed physical training classes with some of the troops and all experienced their first M113 (armoured personnel carrier) ride and Blackhawk flight.
All of the visitors have left with a greater understanding of life in the military and with an appreciation for the work the ISF is doing in East Timor.
| 20090512adf8115142_041 Wallabies rugby player Adam Freier enjoys a ride in an M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier, through the streets of Dili, East Timor. (Date taken: 12 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090512adf8115142_050 Television's Gladiators, Destiny (Karen Harding) and Amazon (Shari Onley), enjoy a ride in an M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier, through the streets of Dili, East Timor. (Date taken: 12 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090512adf8115142_059 Karen Harding, (aka Destiny from the television show, Gladiators) has a laugh with International Stabilisation Force soldiers, after a ride in an M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier, through the streets of Dili, East Timor. (Date taken: 12 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090512adf8115142_066 Private (PTE) Stephen Carr of Bowral, NSW, and PTE Luke Smith of Kingaroy QLD with Warratahs / Wallabies rugby player Adam Freier, after driving him through the streets of Dili in an M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier. (Date taken: 12 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090512adf8115142_067 Mark Furze (from Home and Away) and his rock band, Falcon Road with an M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier at Forward Operating Base Chauvel, East Timor. (Date taken: 12 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090512adf8115142_068 Lieutenant Reg Dunthorne is happily stuck between a rock and a hard place, with the girls from the Gladiators TV show, Destiny (Karen Harding) and Amazon (Shari Onley). The Gladiators had been for a ride in an M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier, through the streets of Dili, East Timor. (Date taken: 12 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090512adf8115142_071 Soldiers cue up for a photo opportunity with television's Gladiators, Destiny (Karen Harding) and Amazon (Shari Onley) at Forward Operating Base Chauvel, East Timor. (Date taken: 12 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090512adf8115142_157 Amazon (Shari Onley) lifts Destiny (Karen Harding) to demonstrate the physical challenge in store for Bombardier David Ralph of Adelaide, SA, and Gunner Ben Stevenson of Mt Gambier, SA, at Forward Operating Chauvel. (Date taken: 12 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090512adf8115142_309 Mark Furze (from Home and Away) and his rock band, Falcon Road rock out during the Tour de Force concert at Forward Operating Base Chauvel, East Timor. (Date taken: 12 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090512adf8115142_346 Warratahs / Wallabies rugby player Adam Freier answers a few questions from the crowd during the Tour de Force concert at Forward Operating Base Chauvel, East Timor. With him are Amazon (Shari Onley) and Destiny (Karen Harding) from the television show, Gladiators. (Date taken: 12 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090512adf8115142_370 Warratahs / Wallabies rugby player Adam Freier faces off against Amazon (Shari Onley) in a squat competiton with a difference. They are squatting Destiny (Karen Harding) and Gunner Ben Stevenson. (Date taken: 12 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090512adf8115142_436 Comedian Matthew Hardy gets the soldiers laughing with his routine at Forward Operating Base Chauvel in East Timor. (Date taken: 12 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090512adf8115142_473 Comedian Matthew Hardy gets the soldiers laughing with his routine at Forward Operating Base Chauvel in East Timor. (Date taken: 12 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090512adf8115142_487 Comedian Matthew Hardy gets the soldiers laughing with his routine at Forward Operating Base Chauvel in East Timor. (Date taken: 12 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090512adf8115142_557 Gunner Ben Stevenson of Mt Gambier, SA, collapses in laughter after attempting pushups with Amazon (Shari Onley) on his back, during the Tour de Force concert at Forward Operating Base Chauvel, East Timor. (Date taken: 12 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090512adf8544760_001 Gladiator Amazon (Shari Onley) puts the troops and Mark Furze (left, from Home and Away and rock band Falcon Road) through their paces in a grueling physical training session in East Timor. (Date taken: 12 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090512adf8544760_002 Gladiator Destiny (Karen Harding) puts the troops through their paces in a grueling physical training session in East Timor. (Date taken: 12 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090512adf8544760_003 Gladiator's Destiny (Karen Harding) Amazon (Shari Onley) wish Private Stimson a happy birthday following a Tour de Force show in East Timor. (Date taken: 12 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090512adf8544760_004 Gladiator Amazon (Shari Onley) poses for photos with soldiers from the International Stabilisation Force in East Timor. (Date taken: 12 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090513adf8544760_001 Members of the Tour de Force get up close and personal with the Military Working Dogs in East Timor. (Date taken: 13 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090514adf8115142_156 The girls from the Gladiators TV show, Destiny (Karen Harding) and Amazon (Shari Onley) put the East Timor Battle Group Five tiger mascot and Lance Corporal Nenad Medic to the test at Camp Phoenix, East Timor. (Date taken: 14 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090514adf8115142_163 The girls from the Gladiators TV show, Destiny (Karen Harding) and Amazon (Shari Onley) welcome the East Timor Battle Group Five tiger mascot onto the stage, during the Tour de Force concert at Camp Phoenix, East Timor. (Date taken: 14 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090514adf8115142_195 Mark Furze (from Home and Away) and his rock band, Falcon Road rock out during the Tour de Force concert at Camp Phoenix, East Timor. (Date taken: 14 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090514adf8115142_203 Mark Furze (from Home and Away) and his rock band, Falcon Road rock out during the Tour de Force concert at Camp Phoenix, East Timor. (Date taken: 14 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090514adf8115142_219 Warratahs / Wallabies rugby player Adam Freier answers a few questions from the crowd during the Tour de Force concert at Camp Phoenix, East Timor. With him is Amazon (Shari Onley) from the television show, Gladiators. (Date taken: 14 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090514adf8115142_221 Comedian Matthew Hardy gets the soldiers laughing with his routine at Camp Phoenix, East Timor. (Date taken: 14 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090514adf8115142_237 Corporal Emily Dutton is cheered on by the crowd at Camp Phoenix as she takes on Gladiator Destiny (Karen Harding) in an arm wrestling match. Amazon (Shari Onley) provided the commentary. (Date taken: 14 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090514adf8115142_248 Commander International Stabilisation Force, Brigadier Bill Sowry with the girls from the Gladiators TV show, Destiny (Karen Harding) and Amazon (Shari Onley) at Camp Phoenix, East Timor. (Date taken: 14 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090514adf8115142_249 Commander International Stabilisation Force, Brigadier Bill Sowry with comedian Matthew Hardy at Camp Phoenix, East Timor. (Date taken: 14 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090514adf8544760_001 Members of the Tour de Force entertain some Gleno locals, while they wait for Blackhawk helicopters to arrive. (Date taken: 14 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090514adf8544760_002 Members of the Tour de Force entertain some Gleno locals, while they wait for Blackhawk helicopters to arrive. (Date taken: 14 May 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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