Chapter 12 - Camel PatrolMajor Louie Lewis stayed at the Christian Palace while Captain Walker remained at the Birdsville outpost managing the fighting patrols. The troops were rotated on a fortnightly basis so those who had family now living at the palace experienced a semblance of normality. It also meant they could have a decent break from patrolling and it allowed ongoing skills training.
Colonel Vic Thompson remained in Alice Springs and was apparently wooing one of his secretaries. For all intents and purposes life was beginning to settle into a pleasant routine for the commando in Australia's red centre.
Sundown, Sue-Ellen, her special forces staff along with the original Sundown's Commando, had left early that morning on their camel patrol holiday. It wasn't a fighting patrol as
