We left the palace and wandered over to the Australian war memorial. It truly does look like a urinal, which is a real shame. It takes away from the serious nature of the memorial. I was impressed however with the way the names are engraved, so that if you're standing close to it, you can read the names of the soldiers, but if you step back, you can see the names of locations of important battles.
Completely unrelated - I think I was channeling Dad whilst we were here. I'd stepped right back to get as much as I could into photos. I had an Aussie couple approach me - I was wearing my State of Origin jersey. They were from Victoria and wondered if I knew the AFL grand final score! Even though the mighty Lions weren't in it, I still knew what it was, which made their day.
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They didn't have the internet? Lol.
Just to be nit-picky, it's not the soldiers names in small print, it's their places of birth, and yeah, Cairns, a bunch of Cairns suburbs and all the Tablelands towns are on there, including one that doesn't exist anymore because Tinaroo was built and it is now underwater. That's the thing that always gets me about that memorial, it reminds you that every little town and city gave up their sons for the wars.
Seeeeeeeeeeee I said I should have written the updates sooner! I forget stuff!
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