LAST WEEK IN MELBOURNE

LAST WEEK

Last week Max and I were meant to go for a Hot Air Balloon ride.

The photo below shows the reason we never went.

Low clouds over Melbourne.

We were so disappointed - the ride was a

birthday gift I gave to Max last September.

We stayed in South Yarra the night before as we

live too far away to get to Melbourne for the dawn flight.

We have booked again for Monday 15th June

The Albany Hotel in South Yarra where we stayed

While in Melbourne we went to the Shrine of Remembrance .
The Shrine is Victoria's largest and most visited war memorial and
is probably Melbourne’s most recognised landmark

This photo shows the Remembrance Garden – Post 1945 Memorial.

The Ceremonial Entrance to the Shrine

Statues in the foreground of the Shrine

The Eternal Flame was lit by Queen Elizabeth 2 in 1954

Stone with

"We Shall Remember Them"

engraved into it.

Gallipoli Memorial shows a soldier from the

Medical Corps transporting a wounded colleague to a casualty hospital.

Window from the lookout area

Looking towards the Botanical Gardens

Stone of Remembrance

A special feature of the Shrine is the Ray of Light. Thanks to the combined skills of the astronomer, the mathematician and the surveyor the Ray of Light falls on 'LOVE' on the Stone of Remembrance at 11am on the 11th of November and will continue to do so for 5,000 years at least. The time and date commemorate Armistice (meaning a stay of armed conflict) which marks the end of hostilities in World War 1.

This is where the Stone of Rembrance is

Father and Son Statue
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A cool walk along the Yarra River

on a foggy Winter morning