Parkinson's disease, cancer and heart surgeries might have slowed them but military veterans have not let their ailments stop them conquering another major challenge — the Great Wheelbarrow Race.
Their 10-member Dad's Army team, with an average age of 73, was among the participants in an 140-kilometre race that stopped Far North Queensland.
"I give up alcohol the fortnight beforehand — I don't know if it makes a difference or not, but I do it every year," Frank "Fossil" Thelan, the team's most senior member, said.
