Albany WA, War memorial, Salmon, Salmon Holes Beach, St Johns Church, National ANZAC Centre, Dawn Service, WWI
Albany WA April 20, 2015 We awoke to another day of full on sunshine - that's two in a row... I went for an early long walk on the beach, and still only got halfway along toward Emu Point. We started our day at the Anzac Memorial, high on Mt Adelaide overlooking the harbour. To give you some background, This is the very harbour from which the 1st and 2nd convoys of Australian and New Zealand troops left for Gallipoli in 1914. Some 40,000 troops had been assembled on a whole pile of ships, and they complete with a bevy of warships, all gathered here in the harbour, right below this very point. High up here was also where the garrison and guns were housed in the Princess Royal Fortress, built in 1893, as part of the coastal defences for Australia. Princess Royal Fortress. 1983. Albany WA Time moves on and now the whole place has been turned into a really nice park with museum pieces all around the place. The National ANZAC Centre was opened on November 1, 2014 and so is re...