Toowoomba marks the first stop on Tony Robinson’s Tour of Duty as he explores this charming Queensland town’s military history. Revisit WW1 meeting the daughter of the first Aboriginal fighter pilot and stories of modern day warfare with the dog that saved an Afghanistan Veteran, not in the heat of battle but back on home turf. For the first time, experience the Tour of Duty roadshow and feel part of the community as personal memories are exchanged alongside relics of fallen ancestors. Tony digs deep through the trenches with the locals discovering a medical kit from Gallipoli with remedies and medicines to make you squirm and a Vietnam Veteran who’s past smoking habit actually saved his life.

Welcome to Newcastle, an industrial city which is justifiably proud of its last hundred years of war service. So proud in fact, Tony uncovers a never before revealed plan to ensure no intruders would ever take the beloved city from their hands. There’s an air aid shelter that doubled as a beer cellar, and a historic flag in desperate need of restoration. The town arrives in numbers to the Community Roadshow with extraordinary war artifacts in tow. Tony has the honour of meeting a survivor of one of the most tragic events in Australia’s POW history, and after more than fifty years, two brothers hear the spirit of their father again. This gritty city has a spirit that can’t be beaten.

Incredible surprises await Tony in Auckland as he travels to New Zealand’s North Island. Little known mysteries are explained and prove that despite its small population, during war times Auckland was prepared to drop bombshells…literally! Hear about New Zealand’s secret weapon of mass destruction during WW2 and the famous Hillary brothers whose war efforts were worlds apart. The bugle sounds at the stunning Auckland War Museum as the Community Roadshow begins; Tony meets a man whose photograph of his grandfather in WW1 could rewrite history and there’s a tank with a name you wouldn’t believe-¬‐ Auckland reigns with surprises.