Old Owl's photos with the keyword: war memorial

This bench sits by the estuary and faces Mandurah’s War Memorial, the white stone blocks across the river. The stones of the memorial rise from the water’s edge in the east and march upwards to the highest columns. At dawn on April 25th each year, the sun shines along the axis of the rising stones and hits the highest point, illuminating the pathway and also causing the shadows from the columns to point towards that highest point. April 25th is ANZAC Day in Australia and the Dawn Service, celebrated throughout the country, is a major part of that day, commemorating all Australians who have served in conflicts worldwide. HBM to everyone wherever you may be. The day of the ANZAC landings at Gallipoli by Australian and New Zealander soldiers was 25th April 1915. More than 100 years later we still witness violence, horror and man's inhumanity to man. Not as clever as we like to think we are, are we? Sit on a bench, watch the world and think about how we're going to make things better.