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By corunnaroad on 02-Dec-12. Waypoint GA5304

Plaque commemorates the opening of Geoscience Australia’s Geological TimeWalk.

“You are taken on a 1.1km journey through the Earth’s 4600 million year history. Explore the geological, climatic and biological events that have shaped the Earth we see today.”

The self-guided walk takes about 45 minutes to complete. This was the highlight of a recent visit to ACT. Thanks for the cache

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The Fisk Memorial is located in the neighbouring suburb of Wahroonga, and commemorates the first direct wireless transmission from Great Britain (Wales) that was received in Australia. According to the Monument Australia webpage:

The Memorial commemorates the inaugural wireless message from Britain to Australia.

The first direct wireless message from Prime Minister W. M Hughes commenting on the valour of Australian troops at Amiens, sent under the direction of the Marchese Marconi, from the Marconi Wireless Station, Carnarvon, Wales, was received by E.T. Fisk in the experimental wireless station he had at this residence.

Ernest Fisk was the managing director of Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd, and the station was constructed at his house by AWA technicians for the occasion.

A monument in commemoration of the first direct wireless message to be sent from England to Australia was unveiled on Saturday last at Wahroonga by Mr. E. T. Fisk, whose research and experimental work in the year 1918 led to a wireless message, sent by the Marconi station at Carnarvon, Wales, being received in Sydney. The memorial has been erected in front of the actual house in which the message was received, and in which Mr. Fisk then lived at Wahroonga, and a full description, together with a photograph, of it appeared in the last issue of the "Sydney Mail." The Right Hon. W. M. Hughes, then Prime Minister of Australia, was the sender of that historic message, and it was only right, therefore, that he should be present on Saturday and address the gathering at the memorial. Mr. E. T. Fisk, in unveiling the memorial, described in interesting fashion the early experiments, which in the end had brought wireless to a practical result in Australia, and a speech by the Marchese Marconi, delivered in Paris, was also broadcast. It may be noted, as an interesting addendum, that that first message to Australia, in which Mr. Hughes referred to the valorous deeds of the Australians at Amiens, has been engraved upon the memorial.
Sydney Mail (NSW), 18 December 1935.

Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli. Australian War Memorial. Canberra.

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Flinders Bay jetty plaque Augusta WA

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Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
I spotted this plaque commerorating 'One Hundred Years Administration of the Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne'. What a fabulous building! TFTC

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At the Bungendore War Memorial I found this little field of rememberance that the local school kids have made. Each cross has the name of a fallen soldier on it. I wasnt intending to use a war example as they are numerous but I found this one really touching.

This plaque at Bethany memorialises the first German settlement in the Barossa Valley. I dropped in here yesterday after enjoying Stage 2 of the Women's Tour Down Under 2018.

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This is the site of the homestead of the first settlers in Ballarat - William Cross Yuille and his family.

We have a small personal link to this (with another "first" in the story):
Chooks great great grandfather (Henry Yeend) was the jockey on Flying Buck, who won the first Australian Championship Sweepstakes in 1859 (which the following year became the Melbourne Cup). Flying Buck was owned by William Cross Yuille and Henry Yeend was only 13years old when he rode the horse. That must have been where the horse genes have come from

The First German Settlers School commemorated at Colbinabbin in Victoria

While travelling through Cann River we stopped at Mick Baum Park. Here we found a plaque stating...
This park was dedicated by the residents of Cann River & District in memory of Sgt L Mick Baum who lost his life in the line of duty while Officer In Charge of Cann River police station.
Thanks for this cache.

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This is a multi plaque memorial in memory of the Burragorang Miners and their families. This memorial is at Oakdale in NSW.

The naming of 5 towns in North Western Sydney

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A plaque to commemorate the granting of city status to the City of Rockingham.
Now at the site of the old Baldivis School

Found this plaque while home in SA.

This plaque reads 'To honour the indigenous light horsemen of the Boer, First and Second World wars' . The statue above the plaque is a horse and soldier. It is an a park at springwood Queensland. TFTC.

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Found a plaque in the edge of a lawn area in Launceston's city park. The plaque marks the original site of Government House for the north of the state 1827-1850, first occupied by Governor Arthur. No government house here anymore, the official residence has moved to Hobart.. thanks..!!

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I found this memorial just off Canning Highway, remembering the centenary of John Forrest, Explorer.

"Erected by the Municipalities of the Fremantle District on the 22nd August 1947 to commemorate the centenary of John Forrest, explorer and statesman, to whose foresight and resolution the Fremantle Harbour and many other important projects were due."

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Foundation Stone near Carrington Hotel, Katoomba, NSW

This one remembers the centenary of Federation . . . well worth remembering, I guess!

Weatherboard Inn Site
Wentworth Falls, NSW

This is surely a site well worth remembering, one of the very first places to stay for the night in the Blue Mountains!

Famous guests go back to Charles Darwin . . .

Found this plaque while geocaching nearby.

Official Opening of Warragamba Dam in 1960

Here's the reminder of when this stupendous dam was opened, and became Sydney's major water supply!

56 years ago . . . Wow!

Surely an event worth remembering in the Sydney area . . .

Some sad times in NZ remembered. These memorials are very close together.

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important things to remember to remind us how lucky we are.

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A lady definitely worth remembering.

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This is worth remembering how hard it was back then

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Nice one! The plaque says it all.

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Pilgrim Inn Display at McDonald's
Corner of Layton Avenue and Great Western Highway
Blaxland, NSW



Full marks to McDonald's for remembering the old Pilgrim Inn that's located behind their car park.

They have a display (see photo) in the main dining area.

Great to remember this history of the Blue Mountains of NSW.

This plaque was placed in memory of my great great grandparents Alfred and Selina Beckett at their original dairy farm in the 1870's at what is now the Brucknell Scout Camp near Timboon in western Victoria. It was placed by my uncle who launched a book on the family history "Becketts of Brucknell" at a family reunion in June 1980 that I also attended.
Thanks for the opportunity to highlight my ancestors!
Cheers
MajuraHathi

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Found this plaque in Toogoolawah. It reads:

Toogoolawah Centenary 1904-2004
This plaque honours the contribution to Toogoolawah of its first station master, Mr George Launder, and the arrival of the first passenger train on 8 February 1904.
Unveiled by his grandson George Launder 7 Feb 2004

In a little town like Toogoolawah whose existence depended largely on rail transport, that's worth remembering.

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Blue Mountains Memorial to Architect Paul Sorensen
Great Western Highway
Leura, NSW



Plaque found while geocaching nearby.

Born in Copenhagen, Paul Sorensen’s early training was at the Danish Horscholm Plantescole, where he worked under the highly respected horticulturalist, Lars Nielsen. While at the Plantescole his experience included maintenance of the gardens at Villa Hvidore, the summer home of Queen Alexandra of Denmark, where he was introduced to high quality landscape design 3.

After working for a while in Germany and Switzerland where wealthy retired businessmen were building gardens of elegance and style, Sorensen migrated to Australia. He arrived in 1915, a time of war, severe drought and little employment. On the point of despair, he found work in the gardens of the highly fashionable Carrington Hotel in Katoomba and, from there, attracted the attention of other guesthouse and hotel owners. Despite the ongoing drought, Sorensen was able to establish his own small nursery in Katoomba Street where he had lodgings. He grew seedlings and offered design and maintenance services from there, and was soon able to expand and move to Leura. His success prompted him to propose to Anna Ernestina Hillenburg, whom he had met while at the Carrington. Theirs was a life-long partnership, marred only by the death of two of their three sons on active service in the British Royal Air Force during World War II.

Sorensen’s first break in garden design came in the 1920s when he began to acquire a wealthy business and professional clientele keen to have their own version of the popular 1920s garden Leurella. The garden had been designed by the Searle Brothers of Sydney, whose sons when they took the business over had no interest in garden design, and prospective clients turned to Sorensen. By the time he was introduced to Henri Van de Velde, Sorensen had designed many gardens of note in Leura and Katoomba, including Westella, Gabo, Sylvan Mists, Tralee and Cheppen, for clients who valued his poetic and meticulously detailed approach. With Everglades came his first opportunity to design on a large scale.

Paul Sorensen maintained his involvement with Everglades until the death of Henri Van de Velde in 1947. After the property was acquired by the National Trust in 1962, he was commissioned to guide restoration of the garden and was helped in his work by his son, Ib. However the Trust was severely limited by finances in what could be achieved – it was a far cry from the 1930s, and the unfettered pursuit of perfection. In the mid 1990s, Sorensen’s grandson Barry maintained the involvement which had spanned seven decades, replacing with similar species many of the plants which had reached the end of their long lives.

A sad little reminder by the roadside

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Leura Everglades Gardens
Leura, NSW

This very Blue Mountains historic house and landscaped gardens, situated right at the edge of the cliffs, overlooking the Jamison Valley, is worth remembering.

It recalls the 'golden age' of the Blue Mountains, with grand homes and formal gardens.

We visited a friend who lives right next door, and of course I have a geocache placed nearby . . . not right in the grounds of course, but nearby. (Yes, I'm still wearing my 'Christmas hat' in this photo!)



This magical place is well worth remembering and well worth visiting.

Made a nice setting for Mrs. pjmpjm's foggy Boxing Day photo of this geocacher.

http://www.everglades.org.au/

'Everglades is one of Australia’s foremost heritage gardens. This treasure from the 1930s sits in twelve and a half acres of European-style gardens and native Australian bush with breathtaking views over the Jamison Valley in the World Heritage listed Blue Mountains.'

'Situated on one of the highest points of the now World Heritage listed greater Blue Mountains, Leura in the 1930s was just starting to come into its own as a Blue Mountains hill station …'

'Born in Copenhagen, architect Paul Sorensen’s early training was at the Danish Horscholm Plantescole, where he worked under the highly respected horticulturalist, Lars Nielsen …'

'Original Everglades owner Henri Van de Velde was born in Brussels. He spent many childhood years in Australia – his father was Belgian Vice-Consul in Australia from 1891 to 1894 – and formed a lasting bond which brought him back to settle as a young adult …'

'Unlike many significant gardens of the era, Everglades has survived the threat of sub-division and the ravages of time. However by the time it was acquired by the National Trust in 1962, 15 years after the death of Henri Van de Velde, it was wildly overgrown and has had to be brought back to its original glory …'

Another memorial for a dreadful day in Darwin's history.

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Road Building in Australia



Ancient 1920 Road Roller on Display in Blackheath, NSW

Worth remembering? Well, the formal plaque and the prominent location in the park is an indication that the locals think so. The Blue Mountains City Council held a special ceremony in 1997 to 'unveil' this display and to recall work done nearly 100 years ago. I think you can read more details in the photo I've uploaded.

And the kids always love these old vehicles!



Anyhow, I think it's worth remembering how the early roads -- including the Great Western Highway -- were built 'way back when.'

Worth remembering twice.

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Astronomer Tebbutt
Old Windsor Observatory
Stiles Road
Windsor, NSW

Here's the sign commemorating this very famous Australian scientist from long ago . . .



He's worth remembering . . .

Aviation history is very important in Darwin.

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A lot of sporting facilities in this area worth remembering-also several GC caches.

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I was doing some alternate site caching with DudleyGrunt and this was one of his opencaching.us caches over 300 miles from home: PG Veterans Memorial - OU04F6. We stopped by here to pay our respects and enjoy the wonderful memorial. TFTC

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First Crossing of the Blue Mountains

This sign commemorates the point at which the explorers realised that they had successfully found a way to traverse the Blue Mountains.



It's located on top of Mt. York, where you can see the Hartley Valley stretching out below.

Greg Jarvis was a city council alderman. This is a really beautiful spot to sit and remember him.

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The First Road Over the Blue Mountains
Mt. York, NSW



This plaque commemorates something worth remembering . . . the first road from Sydney into the area behind the Blue Mountains.

In fact, my house isn't very far from this famous road, now the Great Western Highway.

Loved the Adelaide markets which we visited on a recent trip.

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The History of Leura
Wayzgoose Cafe
Leura Mall
Leura, NSW

Some interesting local history that's worth remembering!



Affixed to the wall at a local cafe . . .

a double worth remembering near a GC cache.

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This plaque and monument commemorates the centenary of the establishment of the Kahlin Aboriginal Compound - one hundred years ago. We will never forget. Placed on 3rd August 2013

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A very sad thing to remember

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Obviously a very important person in the area and a gc cache nearby to boot.

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This plaque celebrates the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the Theatre Royal in Hobart. The Theatre Royal opened in 1837 and is still used as a theatre today. It's the oldest continuously operating theatre in Australia. A beautiful old building with many stories to tell. TFTC

Helensburgh Interchange Official Opening 2000
Helensburgh, NSW

Worth remembering? Well, somebody thinks/thought so!



Found while geocaching nearby . . .

One of many moving earthquake memorials in Christchurch.

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This hitching rail is outside an old post office in a little town in NZ.

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Worth remembering a special point on the compass.

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A significant tree in Ashburton, NZ,

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At the entrance to Regent Street in Christchurch where they are rebuilding after the earthquake.

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A special spot to sit and reflect.

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An important date in NZ aviation history.

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Kelloshiel Creek Bridge
Bathurst, NSW



The photo of the info sign will tell more. This old bridge is worth remembering, as are the lives of those who built it and lived around here, so long ago . . .

The modern high-speed Great Western Highway continues alongside, quite close . . .

Retta Dixon Home - remembering all the children who passed through this home at Karu Park between 1961 and 1980.

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Early Settlers in the Blue Mountains
Panorama Drive
Katoomba, NSW

Certainly worth remembering . . . and thanks to the Rotary Club.

The White Street Mall, opened in 1986 in the City of Frankston, Victoria.

The mall used to have small shops in it, and an entrance to a larger shopping store. These have all been closed off long ago.

There used to be trees and areas for sitting down, not the trees have long gone, there are some piddly seats you could sit on if you were desperate, and most people pass this area with out a second glance these days.

It might have been worth remembering enough to put a memorial to it on the street, but I dare say not many people in Frankston remember what the area was like back in the 1980s.

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I recently observed this plaque, placed in Collins St, Hobart. The plaque reads: "On this site were tents of the first settlement of Hobart on February 20th 1804".

A marker memorialising the 2 men and the road they built from Hobart town to the Huon opening up the apple growing land that we were known for for over a century. Thanks for the cache

A very important moment in the Territory's history

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A very late log-just found it
An important moment in NZ history.

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The plaque says it all. A memorial spot with a beautiful view.

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Carrington Hotel
Katoomba Street
Katoomba, NSW

This Blue Mountains Historical Society sign (No. 4) commemorates the area's oldest and most historical hotel.

Yes, worth remembering . . .

In the grounds of a university-a beautiful piece of art to remember a special person.

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1954 Visit by Queen Elizabeth to Echo Point in the Blue Mountains
Katoomba, NSW

Found this historic plaque while doing maintenance on my nearby geocache.

Katoomba Commemorative Gas Lamp

This is a new feature in this Blue Mountains town, adding a bit to the historic nature of the downtown.

It's certainly worth remembering that more than a hundred years ago, we didn't have electricity and the streets with lit (sort of) by gas lamps.

1840 Barracks Replica
Cliff Drive
Katoomba, NSW

This structure, though a replica, provides something 'worth remembering' about our history. Can you imagine living in this building 173 years ago, in the middle of nowhere, in all weathers?

It's currently situation right near one of my Blue Mountains geocaches, at one of the very best lookouts along scenic Cliff Drive.

Found it while do cache maintenance . . .

In the grounds of the university which had lots of art work and other things making a visit worthwhile

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Near these co ords is a plaque commemorating 75 years of scouting in Queensland ...

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An interesting group of people doing an interesting activity in Darwin

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I'd noticed this locationless a few times now but couldn't think what I could do to complete it. Then it occured to me that the plaque on Mount Dandenong in commemeration of the Peace of 1919 (and some local soldiers who didn't make it through the first world war) was certainly of merit. It's unusual in that the focus is on the post war peace.

This has only just been recognised as a memorable moment in Australian History.

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The Naming of Blackheath by Governor Macquarie in 1815

Guess this is well worth remembering, if you live in Blackheath! Personally, I think it's a better choice than 'Hounslow.'

Up here in the Blue Mountains of NSW, the locality is sometimes called 'Bleakheath' . . . and not only in the winter months! They got plenty of snow last spring and their famous 'Rhododendron Festival' is often plagued with cold and rainy weather.

But it's still a beautiful place.

Gardner's Inn
Historical Site
Great Western Highway
Blackheath, NSW

This Blue Mountains landmark is certainly worth remembering.

I've passed by it many times, and finally spotted this plaque.

In 1848 Jacob Goode established an Inn besides a water hole known by aborigines as Noogoonida. It was thought that this meant round hold. He built a rough slab structure that met licensing conditions and was issued his license for the Burnett Hotel located on Barambah creek. The inn was known locally and to travellers as Burnett Inn at Noogoonida. The inn was used as a staging stop for Cobb and Co and people relocating from the coast to the Burnett area and also timber getters.

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Old North Leura Cricket Field & Veterans Memorial
Leura, NSW

Worth remembering indeed . . . those who served our country in dark hours, and the happier times of playing cricket in North Leura in the Blue Mountains of NSW.

This memorial is an unusual one, and seems to be more or less forgotten, not far from the Katoomba Cemetery.

Glad this Locationless allows a mention of it . . .

In the city of Darwin
Close to these coords

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Road Building in the Blue Mountains
Panorama Drive
Katoomba, NSW

This memorial marks an engineering feat worth remembering -- road building in the rugged Blue Mountains area.

There are alot of these along the Esplanade in Darwin remembering the pioneers of the area.

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Honouring the Maori people from this area.

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First Train in Oberon, NSW

This plaque commemorates a very special day in this country town, the opening of the railway station and the arrival of the first train on 3 October 1923.

Little did the happy participants realise that many years later the rail line would close and leave Oberon dependent on a couple of buses per day to Mt. Victoria.

The plaque in the photo tells more of the story.

For the locals, a day 'worth remembering' -- even if the memory is now bittersweet.

St Andrews Uniting Church, Cooma NSW.

The plaque commemotates the 100th anniversary (in 1980) of the laying of the foundation stone of the church.....in 1880.

So now in 2013, the building has been standing for 133 years. That's a good effort.

Thanks for an interesting locationless to find.....

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Near these coords.There is a lot to do with scouts in this area including A scout museum.

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Visits worth remembering.

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A notable piece of history next to a little pub near Christchurch.

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A monument to the sinking of the "Georgette" and the rescue of passengers by Grace Bussell and Sam Isaacs

This is a monument for the victims of the 2011 floods at Grantham in Queensland.. Many lives lost, many lives shattered... Very sad

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A very special occasion. The plaque says it all.

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An important moment in a rural area.

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100 years of banking service by Australian and New Zealand Banking Group :imited in Darwin

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A plaque to commemorate the first commercial flight by QANTAS ... Charleville to Cloncurry in November 1922

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This plaque is located at Back Creek Bore - The first Artesian Bore struck in the Great Artesian Basin in 1886

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75th Anniversary of Rotary International - worth remembering....

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Near these coords. Always worth rememberiing a war hero.

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Cowaramup Primary School West Australia
Plaque to commemorate the tragedy at the Gracetown beach when a limestone cliff face collapsed on adults and children sheltering from a sudden rain storm.

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This plaque commemorates 50 years of the Darwin Trailer Boat Club ... a lovely place to see a Darwin sunset

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Defiinitely a moment worth remembering

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