Saturday 17th January 2015 – Albany – fine clouds sunny

We decided to visit the Anzac Memorial which is a large parkland on Mt Clarence in Albany.  In November, they had the 100 year memorial and the harbour was filled with ships for the re-enactment of the first and second convoys to leave Australia for WW1.

They had a massive influx of tourists for this event and we missed it but I think that was a good thing.  The display inside was crowded on Saturday with just a few people and it is in a very small space.

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The cafe  and the souvenir shop.  We had a special interest in visiting to find out more about Glen’s grandfather.  We went to the library on Monday and were given some great tips by the resident history guru.

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There were tours of the other heritage buildings on site which were occupied to after WW2.  It should have been called a opening the building tour, as the tour guide was not much more than that.  It was a poor show after the professionalism of Discovery World.

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I would not rate it as being outstanding, but it is an important part of our history.  The must see for everyone should be the War Memorial in Canberra.

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