18 NAVY NEWS, OCTOBER 2009
Opposites attract
SUN, sand, sea and of wildlife – not to mention the to Royal New Zealand Navy ships LA(Phot) ‘Iggy’ Roberts from
Sydney Opera House –
fantastic nightlife!” and managed to see the coast HMS Neptune said: “We were
yes, it can only be the
LLogs Joe Dwyer of HMS and outlying islands of the nation
involved in a 1.5 mile march
Antipodean delights of
Lancaster found the exposure sailing in and around the Tasman
through Sydney city centre.
to Maori culture through the Sea and Pacific Ocean.
Long Look.
“The crowd were sometimes
exchange to be a real insight. Participants embraced the
The annual exchange
ten deep in places, producing an
“The Marae Maori welcoming ‘work hard, play hard’ ethos of the
between the UK and Australia
exceptional atmosphere.
service was one memory I will exchange, with CPOs Bird and
or New Zealand on the opposite
never forget during my Long Walker from HMS Collingwood
“The RAN led the march
side of the globe has now
Look experience. I was very naïve sharing professional experiences
followed by the war veterans,
been running for over three
about the seriousness of the Maori and demonstrating different
totalling nearly 10,000 people. All
decades, and this year has
culture and how important it was working practices.
in all it was a truly memorable
proven another success.
to New Zealand and to the Maori But they still managed to find
da y.”
This year there were 19
people. time to embark on a long weekend
If you’re tempted to get
participants from the Royal
“The Marae explained the winetasting tour, along with Musn involved for 2010, then Long
Navy, writes WO Andy
significance of the carvings, their Rendell and LS Unsworth, in New Look is available to all RN and
Whale, including divers,
beliefs and how they affect their South Wales. RM personnel from junior officer
submariners, engineers,
everyday life, which I found “Being able to do things like through to leading hand.
chaplains, logisticians,
fascinating.” this is all part of the Long Look
Applications are being accepted
warfare specialists and
Not all the team were based experience,” said CPO Walker.
now, and forms can be found on
even a musician.
in the principal cities. Diver “Even during a four-month
With the team
RNTM 146/09.
AB Willie Bowman deployed to exchange you can only scratch the
predominantly based in
Cairns with his dive team and surface of this vast country.” ● The iconic images: anticlock-
Sydney and Auckland,
spent much of his time honing his Everyone taking part in Long
wise from top right: LLogs Roy
many took the
skills on the Great Barrier Reef. Look had the chance to grab some
Ashcroft meets iconic wildlife;
opportunity to explore
This was in-between assisting leave – some toured New Zealand
the sights on offer in the
LS Unsworth on board an RAN
with underwater ship repairs and or Australia, others holidayed with
two cities.
minesweeper enters Sydney
checking Cairns Harbour for IEDs relatives that had flown from the
Lt Dan Greenwood of
Harbour (with iconic skyline);
and mines. UK to join them.
HMS Vanguard, based in
Meanwhile LLogs(SM) Roy And there was even a first for
Lt Dan Greenword ticks another
Sydney for the exchange,
Ashcroft from HMS Trafalgar Long Look when one participant
iconic box on Bondi beach
explained: “Given that this
was posted to the Australian got married during the exchange.
● The Service images: Mne
was their winter
Submarine Base in Perth. A particularly poignant moment
Rendell plays with the RAN Band;
the temperature
He was mainly employed as a was when the RN men and women
the ANZAC Day ceremonies;
rarely fell
valet and driver – meeting virtually took part in the ANZAC Day
and LA(Phot) ‘Iggy’ Roberts on
below 15˚ C.
all the senior Royal Australian ceremonies. All the participants
duty on ANZAC Day
“The city
Navy (RAN) officers and most of felt they were privileged to be ● Inset: A New Zealand Maori
is simply
the senior politicians, including involved in the commemorations. wood carving
stunning
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
with so
Some of the exchange positions
much to do
brought an element of sea time.
from surfing
POMEM ‘Richie’ Goode of HMS
on Bondi,
Liverpool was assigned to two
walking over
different RAN vessels and took
the arch of
part in many exercises around
the Sydney
Indonesia and the South China
Harbour
Sea.
Bridge, to
Raleigh’s PO(CISSM)
being able
Michael ‘Sandy’ Sandbrook and
to take in the
Nottingham’s LET(WE) Kelda
huge variety
Hoggarth were also despatched
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