q Battlefield Tours
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q Dave's
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http://sabben.com
q National
Network Travel's WebSite
http://nntravel.com.au
q AVVRG WebSite
http://avvrg.org.au
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For the 2010
LONG TAN TREK TOUR REPORT, please click here.
For the 2011
LONG TAN TREK TOUR DETAILS, please click here.
For the 2011
LONG TAN TREK TOUR REPORT, please click here.
For the 2012
LONG TAN TREK TOUR DETAILS, please click here.
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In 2009, Dave hosted an AVVRG
Tour
(see their website http://avvrg.org.au
) to the area of Australian operations
during the Viet Nam War. It proved so successful that those on it demanded it happen again.
It went in Oct 2010 and another is planned for 2011. The Trek can also be
arranged for groups, schools etc. The Long Tan Trek Tour is now 7
Days and 6 nights, visiting HCMC (Saigon), Cu Chi, Balmoral, Coral, Dong
Hai Museum, 1ALSG, Vung Tau, Nui Dat, the minefield, the Long Hai's and
more, with a highlight 4-hour "real time" walkthrough of the Long Tan
battlefield with "sitreps" every 10 minutes. Can be coupled with the
Decisive Battlefields Tour (see below). Please click
here ...for
more details. |
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As an optional
extension to the Long Tan Trek Tour or able to be be booked separately, the
Decisive Battlefields Tour visits seven more "turning points" of
the three Indo-China Wars. Visit Da Nang, Hoi An, Hue, the DMZ, Vinh Moc tunnels, Khe Sanh,
the Da Krong and A Shau Valleys, Hanoi, Dien Bien Phu and more before
taking a 2-night R&R at Ha Long Bay. Please click
here ...for
more details. |
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We're looking
at a Europe
Tour timed to be at Villers Bretonneux for ANZAC Day on any given year. 18 nights
London, Belgium and France, visiting all the WW1 Western Front names
familiar to Australians, plus the main names from the WW2 Normandy
landings, and ending in Paris. Plenty of "extras" are covered.
The proposed costing for the tour in 2012 would have been approx
$9899p/p. We are releasing this notice to see if
there's any interest. Please click
here ...for
more details. |
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The charity
component of the Long Tan Treks goes to the AVVRG (click
on their website link in the left column), which
is a registered charity as well as being the custodian of the Long Tan
Cross. In the years 2009 and 2010, the Treks contributed to the
maintenance & refurbishment of the Cross but also to their Nui Dat Kindy
Project. Please click
here for more details
of the project |
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The name "Long
Tan Trek" was created by Charles Shaw and Kerry Phelan in 2006 to describe
the then unique activity of walking from Nui Dat to the Long Tan
battlefield.
For more information on the name, please click
here..." This page
also displays photos of the 2009 Trek. |
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In 1969, 6RAR
Second Tour, placed a concrete Cross in the Long Tan rubber plantation on
the 11 Platoon position. For a history - mainly in pictures - of the
original and replica Crosses, please click
here... |
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If you're at
this website because of your interest in the Battle of Long Tan, but do not
want to travel there, then you may be interested in my website which covers
two books and a PowerPoint presentation on the Battle, plus updates on a
proposed film of the battle...
If this is the case, please click here:
http://sabben.com to go to my web page.
There, you will find details of "The Battle of Long Tan by The
Commanders" (see pic), "Through Enemy Eyes" (see pic) and a
50-slide animated PPT presentation for free download. |
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To contact Dave, please click here ... | |
