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3SQN's SYDNEY ANZAC DAY 2026 - Photo Essay
SYDNEY
ANZAC DAY went very well, with lovely weather. The serving
contingent from Williamtown was the largest in years!
A number of distinguished former-3SQN personalities also added their
impressive racks of medals behind Buster’s lead!
Our Sydney lunch venue was the “Rabbit Bar” in Pitt St.;
delightfully informal, with an “Alice in Wonderland” theme, it
certainly hit the spot!
(The
world may be going down a rabbit hole, but 3SQN is still flying high!)
Fantastic
portrait-work by our highly-unpaid OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER
(according to his piece of paper!) Dom
O'DONNELL.
Indecision is the key to flexibility! "We're supposed
to be here somewhere..."
"Hello, Missing Persons? Yes, it's a big Squadron with a
sort of THREE banner..."
Double-breasted BLING!
National Treasure.
The thousand-yard stare...
Surely a HERO will emerge...?
(We're talking about YOU, Chloey!)
"So we requested 100 metres of space to form-up 3SQN, and the Air
Force Association allocated us 100cm... An easy mistake to make
really..."
Shuffle back. And again! Getting better...
"And then the old boys from WW2 used to say - 'Ya gotta DISPERSE, so
ya don't create an easy target...' - Simple mistake to make
really."
NOW they're smiling!
Tee 'em up!
Into the public eye.
Hurry up... and wait!
Our photographer Dom toys with the backlight.
Applying take-off power.
Here come the TV cameras. THIS unit looks like they're ALWAYS on
time and on target!
Finally we got our 100 metres!
Shadow play.
We've turned the corner! About NOW the whole concept of a
cold beer at the "Rabbit Bar" is seeming pretty attractive.
This must be the one!
And that one... Always line up your approach carefully!
"Yea, well Clarey your Stealth Fighter sounds OK... But
did we ever tell you about the MIRAGE?!"
Stack hats.
"If this is Wonderland, are YOU Alice...?"
Hopefully these two were NOT driving the bus home...
Hopefully these two WERE!
Photographer Dom goes all modern-art on us, with a nod to Edward
Hopper's "Nighthawks".
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