While we were in Melbourne, we visited the Shrine of Remembrance. It was originally built to honor WWI servicemen but has been changed to include all wars. Upstairs in a rotunda area lies a tomb of the unknown soldier situated such that on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month each year the sun shines directly on the tomb inscription. We watched a reenactment of this. It was quite impressive. This will happen for 3000 years. The picture above shows the tomb with its incsription.
Of course, when you visit Sydney, you must have a photo at the harbor showing the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbor Bridge, so here we are. Lorraine climbed the bridge along with about half a dozen others from our tour group. I was not one of them!
While we were in Sydney, the Bears for Understanding, were on tour and set up at the Sydney Harbor. Each bear is designed and decorated by one of the member nations of the United Nations. They are on world tour to raise money for UNICEF and when they are finished will be actioned for more money for UNICEF. The idea came from Einstein's quote; "Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be acheived by understanding". The bear above is the Einstein Bear with the quote inscribed on it.
Here is the US Bear.
A small section of the display showing a few of the bears. There were 124 in all.
