Formal Dining Night. Long Tan Sgts Mess, Enoggera, Brisbane. 2007.
Members and guests enjoyed another most successful Regimental Dinner at the Long Tan Sergeants Mess, with an elaborately laid table with silverware and wine glasses etc.
Pre-dinner sherry and finger nibbles preceded the piping in of the official party and flags. Guests enjoyed a menu of Pork & Asian Salad, Stuffed Chicken Breast with creamy garlic sauce, Grilled eye fillet steak with mushrooms and a rich red wine jus, with dessert of Pavlova with fresh fruit or Chocolate Mud cake, all supplemented with white and red table wine. Following a short comfort break, Port was laid on before the Kangaroo Court.
Mr Vice, Sgt Col Gould chaired the Court, with S/Sgt Barry Wright taking up the duties of ‘Bailiff’. In line with the recent GOLD Logies and GOLDEN Globe awards, this year's court adopted a GOLD award theme.
Mal Zimmermann, who was asked earlier in the year to “bring his drill equipment to a working bee” and who fronted up with the drill but no drill bits, was award the GOLDEN ‘pointie bit award’- ? Gold coloured mounted drill bit—to help remind him NOT to forget the drill bits at future working bees.
Doug Ng, who at a recent museum working bee, accidentally ran over an above ground mains pressure water pipe with his lawn mower resulting in a water fountain jet, was awarded the GOLD Stick—a gold painted forked stick for Doug to use for all future water finding missions instead of his lawn mower. Barry Wright also presented Doug with the original piece of cut water pipe mounted on a wooden base
Vice President John Mudge, whose recently mounted medals came apart during another function and fell to the ground, was presented with the GOLD Steel Bar award—a gold coloured length of flat steel of some 5 cm wide and 30 cm long, fitted with a solid neck chain on which to more securely court mount his medals. To better take the “weight" of responsibilities so to speak.
The annual GOLDEN Horses ‘Rear End ‘ award went to our own Tom ‘Snappy Tom’ Dowling for showing great enthusiasm for this year’s Regimental Dinner. Tom arrived at the main gate of Gallipoli Barracks, complete with ANZAC Day dress, miniatures, cameras and overnight kit for the Dinner on Saturday 21 April. Not bad when considering the Dinner was not on until Monday 23 April—Tom had arrived 48 hours early. Something to do with an incorrect wall calendar endorsement.
Guests included Maj-General John Pearn, Phil Ainsworth, Paul and Pauline Nerau, Phillip Bradley, John Mudge, John Holland, Jessica Harrington, Doug & Fran Ng, Paul Brown, Rayleen Keer, Bruce & Jenny Crawford, Alastair Martin, Col Gould, Jim Kellaway, Mai & Marie Zimmermann, Charles & Janet Schuster, Alan & Lorraine Clayton, Chief Superintendent Thring, Jack & Judy Hobbins, Barry Wright, Owen & Joy Barry, John Winterbottom, Joe and Mrs Hall, Tom Dowling, Bob Collins, Percy & Jill Neville, Bob & Dawn Harvey-Hall, Karl & Jenny Aschhoff, Peter Rogers, Bruce Inch, Doug Thorensen (Piper) and Mrs Thorensen. Thanks to all who attended.
Pre-dinner sherry and finger nibbles preceded the piping in of the official party and flags. Guests enjoyed a menu of Pork & Asian Salad, Stuffed Chicken Breast with creamy garlic sauce, Grilled eye fillet steak with mushrooms and a rich red wine jus, with dessert of Pavlova with fresh fruit or Chocolate Mud cake, all supplemented with white and red table wine. Following a short comfort break, Port was laid on before the Kangaroo Court.
Mr Vice, Sgt Col Gould chaired the Court, with S/Sgt Barry Wright taking up the duties of ‘Bailiff’. In line with the recent GOLD Logies and GOLDEN Globe awards, this year's court adopted a GOLD award theme.
Mal Zimmermann, who was asked earlier in the year to “bring his drill equipment to a working bee” and who fronted up with the drill but no drill bits, was award the GOLDEN ‘pointie bit award’- ? Gold coloured mounted drill bit—to help remind him NOT to forget the drill bits at future working bees.
Doug Ng, who at a recent museum working bee, accidentally ran over an above ground mains pressure water pipe with his lawn mower resulting in a water fountain jet, was awarded the GOLD Stick—a gold painted forked stick for Doug to use for all future water finding missions instead of his lawn mower. Barry Wright also presented Doug with the original piece of cut water pipe mounted on a wooden base
Vice President John Mudge, whose recently mounted medals came apart during another function and fell to the ground, was presented with the GOLD Steel Bar award—a gold coloured length of flat steel of some 5 cm wide and 30 cm long, fitted with a solid neck chain on which to more securely court mount his medals. To better take the “weight" of responsibilities so to speak.
The annual GOLDEN Horses ‘Rear End ‘ award went to our own Tom ‘Snappy Tom’ Dowling for showing great enthusiasm for this year’s Regimental Dinner. Tom arrived at the main gate of Gallipoli Barracks, complete with ANZAC Day dress, miniatures, cameras and overnight kit for the Dinner on Saturday 21 April. Not bad when considering the Dinner was not on until Monday 23 April—Tom had arrived 48 hours early. Something to do with an incorrect wall calendar endorsement.
Guests included Maj-General John Pearn, Phil Ainsworth, Paul and Pauline Nerau, Phillip Bradley, John Mudge, John Holland, Jessica Harrington, Doug & Fran Ng, Paul Brown, Rayleen Keer, Bruce & Jenny Crawford, Alastair Martin, Col Gould, Jim Kellaway, Mai & Marie Zimmermann, Charles & Janet Schuster, Alan & Lorraine Clayton, Chief Superintendent Thring, Jack & Judy Hobbins, Barry Wright, Owen & Joy Barry, John Winterbottom, Joe and Mrs Hall, Tom Dowling, Bob Collins, Percy & Jill Neville, Bob & Dawn Harvey-Hall, Karl & Jenny Aschhoff, Peter Rogers, Bruce Inch, Doug Thorensen (Piper) and Mrs Thorensen. Thanks to all who attended.
Paul Brown, ?, Bruce Inch prepare to march in the flags.
Piper Capt. Doug Thorensen pipes in the flags.
Association Secretary Colin Gould.
Dining President Phil Ainsworth.
Peter Rogers DFC. and
Bruce Inch. Bruce had travelled from Coolamon NSW.
Dawn and Bob Harvey Hall. Jill Neville sitting next to Dawn.
Fran Ng, Pauling Nerau (wife of PNG Consul General), Jessica Harrington.
John Holland and Jessica Harrington.
?, John Mudge MBE.
Doug and Fran Ng.
Tom Dowling receives his "Golden Horses - Rear end" award.
John Mudge receives his "Gold Steel bar award"
Bob Collins.
Barry Wright
Bruce Inch who travelled from Coolamon NSW for the dinner.
After the Dinner. Dining President Phil Ainsworth presents an Association plaque to the Catering Supervisor.
