HMAS Kimbala. Preparing for the Canberra Class LHD & Rimpac 2010.

via Australian Navy Website. 

CMDR Byles told Navy News that RIMPAC would mark an important milestone for Kanimbla which will be one of only three amphibious platforms in this large scale joint exercise.
“Kanimbla for the first time is being used to launch and recover ten (a platoon) of US Marine Corps Amphibious Assault Vehicles involved in a battalion size amphibious assault,” he said.
He said the lessons learnt by Kanimbla will help the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) to develop its amphibious warfare doctrine which will contribute to the integration of the Canberra-class LHDs that will give the ADF a truly expeditionary capability.

Wow.  Amphibs.  Again!

The Australians are highlighting not their Subs, Frigates or Aircraft at Rimpac but rather an elderly Amphib that was discarded by the US Navy much too soon.  Surprisingly, the LST's having been some of the hottest sellers on the aftermarket (although a few LHA's that were sunk to form reefs would have been welcomed by allied navies too).