Don Occaba

Wallabies and Australian Cricket Teams, Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, NSW Waratahs. On/off relationship with Doff Occaba.

[Defence Australia @DefenceAust]

Soldier recognised for lifesaving act

Seeing an attack on a dark highway was not what Corporal Joshua Smith expected to find while driving late one night.

He was driving to visit a friend in hospital at 11.30pm, when he noticed a car stopped on the North-South Motorway near Wingfield, South Australia, on August 15, 2022.

“I actually thought it was a flat tyre or a hit-and-run,” Corporal Smith said.
Initially, he stopped beside the woman and asked if she needed help, but after getting little response, he started driving away.

“I was like, ‘I don't really have time for this’, and I started driving, and then something just told me that I needed to stop,” he said.

So, he pulled over about 30 metres ahead and walked back towards the vehicle.

Read more ➡️ https://t.co/vCE2T8F09u

#YourADF

[Queensland Reds @Reds_Rugby]

Over 125 years, 64 Queensland Reds have served in five wars. 12 of them never returned.

This weekend, we honour their service with the 2026 Anzac Jersey. 12 poppies for the 12 fallen

This is the story of our 2026 Anzac Jersey.

[MP10 @MusicPills10]

Dutch Opera Singer Maria Fiselier covering Eminem's "Lose Yourself", in 2018. What an amazing rendition! 👏

[Stephen Dziedzic @stephendziedzic]

Excoriating, riveting, utterly unflinching speech from Deputy Chief of Army late last year. Warns Army is "polluted" by "managerial and advertising logic and doublespeak" which hints at "something rotten" - a detachment from the nature of war and violence
https://t.co/V4gv197KHv

[BroBro🇦🇺🏇🏻 @realRick_AUS]

Australian culture

[Jennifer Parker @JAParker29]

The funeral of Rear Admiral Rothesay Cathcart Swan AO CBE RAN was held last Thursday, 22 January. He passed away on Christmas Eve, prompting reflection on a life defined by service to Australia and to the @Australian_Navy

Rothesay “Ross” Swan entered the Royal Australian Naval College in 1940 and was sent to war at just 16. He served as a young officer in HMAS Shropshire during the Second World War, participating in major Pacific campaigns including Cape Gloucester, Leyte Gulf, Surigao Strait and Lingayen Gulf, and witnessing some of the first kamikaze attacks of the conflict.

Across more than 40 years of service, Swan commanded HMAS Derwent during the Indonesian Confrontation and HMAS Hobart on active service in Vietnamese waters, for which he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

He later commanded the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne during the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Fleet Review. He was promoted to Rear Admiral in 1978 and served in senior national leadership roles including Director General of the Natural Disasters Organisation. For these contributions he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia.

Rear Admiral Swan was the last living RAN flag officer to have served in the Second World War. His career reminds us of the standard of service and responsibility on which the modern Navy was built.

You can read more here: https://t.co/hvTRQ1PiJs

You can listen to Rear Admiral Swan describe his own career experience in this 2018 Life on the Line podcast https://t.co/axUZ2KwJWZ

Vale Rear Admiral Swan.

Fair winds and following seas.

@DefenceAust @AusNavInst

[Russell Crowe @russellcrowe]

Just a neighborly chat.

Merry Christmas.

[Valtteri Bottas @ValtteriBottas]

Cricket was bloody good 🏏

[Don Occaba @donoccaba48]

@jaimeduvin @Peter_Fitz Yes, it was Chermside Brisbane at the Library

[Doff Occaba @geeegirl14]

@Peter_Fitz Sensational and entertaining presentation this evening in Chermside. You are our gateway to Australian historical stories authentically told in contemporaneous factual manner. So very much appreciated thank you. Suggestions Fred Sidney Cotton and Sandakan.

[Don Occaba @donoccaba48]

@MikeCarlton01 Congratulations Mike and well deserved. Now time for @AustralianArmy to recognise @Peter_Fitz in the same way

[Sir Humphrey @pinstripedline]

Incredibly powerful imagery from HMS PRINCE OF WALES , carrying out the act of Remembrance over the prior vessel of that name.

At the going down of the sun, We Will Remember Them.

https://t.co/W3fgwPPRfT

[Don Occaba @donoccaba48]

@heatherewart1 Recommend the ham, cheese and tomato toastie at William Creek. Very tasty....

[Ryan Reynolds @VancityReynolds]

Love is not a big enough word. John Candy: I Like Me, official trailer.

[Brisbane Broncos @brisbanebroncos]

700 games between them. Legends.

🤝 @SeaEagles

[Don Occaba @donoccaba48]

@grantm_60 Great to hear 👍

[Jennifer Parker @JAParker29]

Last survivor of HMAS Canberra buried on 80th anniversary of Victory in the Pacific |

Desmond Jones your watch is done.

Lest we forget.

https://t.co/1P54otX9Lk

[John Barron @JohnBarronUSA]

Planeteers! A reminder we've moved from Wednesday night to Mondays at 9.35pm on ABC TV right after Media Watch. And we have the usual weekend edition on ABC News on Friday at 8pm eastern. @abcnews