We spent the whole day at the Australian War Memorial today. It actually managed to bring back memories of when I was taken there as a child with many of the same diarama's still there as I remembered them. The Memorial has definatly changed and kept up with the times however.
We managed to spend around 6 hours there today, first on a great guided tour of all the main exhibits and areas, and then by ourselves, mostly with Caitlyn leading the way. The "G for George" exhibit, and the air war movie were both great, with the movie actually being quite moving as it brought home the sacrifice the pilots were making every time they went up.
Caitlyn managed to find the dress up exhibit and was able to participate with many of the other children. Another of the new and powerful exhibits was the Vietnam war exhibit with a full Iroquois helicopter on display, and a movie describing one of the battles fought their.
All in all it was a great day and it's a place you could easily spend longer at if you had the time.
In the evening the kids returned to the pool as Canberra is still very hot, then a great meal was had at a local football club.
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