Tuesday, June 23
We are staying at the Pullman Hotel, centrally located in the
southeast corner of Hyde Park. Nearby
are the Australian Museum of natural history, the ANZAC war memorial, and the
Prosecutor Office. We visited all of
those places today, as seen (and labeled) in the view from the Sydney Tower.
The Australian Museum had a special exhibition of the top
“50 Wildlife Photographs of the Year.” Some
stunning work, one by an 8 year old winner. You can look at and buy prints on-line.
Eitan poses here amid the large drum statues. He fits right in, looking very
percussionesque.
The Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) roamed Australia and New
Guinea for tens of millions of years. This
proud marsupial went extinct on the mainland a few thousand years ago, after man
introduced the dingo.
Penguins may be very cute
but Eitan prefers creepy, crawly things.
Eitan checks out some funky bones in the Hall of Skeletons.
Australia recently commemorated the 100th
anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli.
The Australia New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) art deco war memorial was
built in the 1930’s to honor the soldiers who served in the Great War. About 10% of the new nation’s population went
off to Europe. In the slaughter that
ensued, most were wounded or died. The disastrous
Gallipoli campaign helped forge the national character of the Australian people.
A slain ANZAC soldier returns as a Spartan would – on his shield – with his arms
extended across his sword.
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