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I'm Dave Sabben, former 12 Platoon Commander, 6RAR, at the Battle of Long Tan.
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(Last updated 28 May 2013)
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q Battlefield Tours
- Long Tan Trek Tours
- VN Decisive Battles Tours
- Europe Battlefield Tours

q Site
- Long Tan Cross Page
- Nui Dat Kindy Page
- Long Tan Trek Name Page
- For Books on Long Tan
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- Feedback/Contact Dave

q Dave's WebSite
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 Europe Battlefield Tours, please click here.)

(For the History of the Long Tan Cross, please click here.)

(For the History of the Long Tan Trek name, please click here.)



For pictures of the 2009 LONG TAN TREK TOUR, please click here.   

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.

For the 2012 LONG TAN TREK TOUR REPORT, please click here.

NEW:

  For the 2013 LONG TAN TREK TOUR DETAILS, please click here.

(The 2014 LONG TAN TREK TOUR DETAILS will be released soon.)

For the 2015 LONG TAN TREK (provisional) TOUR DETAILS, please click here.

 

The Long Tan Trek Tours - Oct each year: Click on links above
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 again in 2011.  Another is planned for 2012. 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 on the links above for more details.
The Decisive Battlefields Tours - Oct each Year
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.
European
Battlefields of WW1 & 2 Tour
18 nights
We've got a Europe Tour timed to be at Villers Bretonneux for ANZAC Day 2014 and visiting all the WW1 Western Front names familiar to Australians, plus the main names from the WW2 Normandy landings, plus Paris and extension to London. Plenty of "extras" are covered.  Please click here ...for more details.
THE AVVRG NUI DAT KINDY PROJECT
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, 2010 and 2011 (and anticipated for 2012) 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
THE ORIGINAL "LONG TAN TREK" NAME
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.  Further, this 'Long Tan Trek Tour' is the only group with official permission to walk the whole battlefield (which is currently a working rubber plantation) - other Tours are not supposed to wander beyond 100 metres from the Cross.  And this Trek Tour is the only one taken and hosted by a former Long Tan battlefield commander.
For more information on the name, please click here... This page also displays photos of the 2009 Trek.
A PICTORIAL HISTORY of the LONG TAN CROSS
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...

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.
FEEDBACK
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CONTACT
To contact Dave, please click here ...