Day: 18 August 2023
Memories
Its Fifty Years Since Australia’s Involvment in the Vietnam War Concluded
Today is Vietnam Veterans Day and it was a special day. Thousands of Vietnam Veterans assembled in our nation’s capital, Canberra, to commemorate fifty years since our last troops were withdrawn from Vietnam and our war there ended. Similar services took place in cities and towns across Australia today. Our Prime Minister’s message for this […]
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Our Second Day Travelling to Canberra
Driving from Albury to Canberra took us past a number of smaller towns that are now bypassed by the Hume Highway. We made a point oif diverting into some of them for their beauty and history. At Holbrook, we stopped at the local bakery to buy some bread rolls for lunch. Until 2013, Holbrook was […]
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