Nui Dat hill

Almost as if it is still there ....

Once 1st Australian Task Force military base (1ATF Base), including Luscombe Airfield, this was home to the Australian military during the Vietnam War. There are still remnants of the runway in the t...

Interesting

We live fairly close to this historical site and have passed by innumerable times; unfortunately there is no signage indicating its location much less a plaque describing its significance. It is a bea...

long tan memorial

was very moving seeing where the Australian base was had a local guide he was very informed and supplied flowers to a lot over grown but he had pictures from that period and had nothing but respect fo...

War Time Memories

One of my sons and his family and I met up in Vietnam for a tour of the country, which they had not been to before. We covered more than 2,000 km, from Hanoi, to Hue, Danang, Hoi An, Nha Trang and S...

Always wanted to come here, was always going to be '5'

As a military history junkie, to stand on the site of 1ATF and try and conjure up images and activity is one of those moments in life you savour. Looking up at SAS Hill and wondering... Imagine 17/1...