TOURING veterans sat down at the Buffs Club on Tuesday to share a beer with the local RSL sub-branch and take a break from life at home.
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The 40 couples from the Totally and Permanently Disabled Ex Servicepersons Association (TPI) in Townsville will hop off their bus at a number of stops between Townsville and Darwin to meet with the locals and have a yarn.
TPI Association North Queensland president Warren “Pop” Duscha said the trips were organised by the association every few years to get veterans out of isolation.
“A lot of them are very isolated and have bad Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the wives don’t get much of a chance to enjoy a holiday with them,” he said.
“It’s great and the boys and their wives really enjoy the trip to reminisce and have a few drinks.”
The return trip to Darwin is worth around $55,000 in fund-raised money, $20,000 of which was donated by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Mr Duscha said the tour was headed to Tennant Creek and Mataranka before stopping in Darwin for two nights.
The bus will head back through Mount Isa on the tour’s return journey to the coast.
