Unfortunately, I was part of 'Field Force', and the luxuries applied to the RAAF do not apply to the Army. WE called first light 'dawn'... whereas the RAAF calls it 9 am
There are no Hotels or Motels where we were located, for instance, Exercise 'West Address' ... 200 people, 3 months on the ground, an hour and a half drive north east of Meekatharra, WA.... 197....8, 9?
I was lucky, being first advance deployment, to set up power supplies for the camp a week ahead of main task force...
Thanks to the RAAF, I was flown in early... took best part of a week in a truck convoy to return to Melbourne at completion of the exercise.