Gallery of log for Then and Now
WanderingAus wandered by with the WanderingMrs (aka SWMBO) on day 108 of our annual Climatic Refugee trip, rolling in to Cunnamulla from Charleville, and after setting the caravan up at the caravan park we went for a drive around town, and I spotted a fountain, which is the centre piece of the Cunnamulla War Memorial which occupies a triangular island in the middle of the street. The fountain is a sister to one in Wellington NSW, and is the only fountain in the world constructed as a War Memorial to The Great War (later known as World War One).
At one point of the triangle is an information board which includes a photo of the War Memorial from before World War Two. Originally there were three World War One cannons which graced each point of the triangle around the fountain. Those cannon were removed during World War Two and buried in the sandhills, to avoid them falling into enemy hands in the event of the Axis forces invading Australia north of "The Brisbane Line". Such was the relief when Australia wasn't invaded that those cannon were left in the sandhills, to be lost to eternity.
In the current photo, taken from the same viewpoint but with a wider angle lens, you can see the pal trees which were planted to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the end of World War Two, and a 105mm Field Howitzer from the Vietnam War era, which was placed here in 2002 and unveiled on Anzac Day of that year, to replace the three World War One cannons. The building in the background to the left of the palm trees is the only recognizable building in both photos.
*Overall Experience: 2*
T4TH big dazza
Keith
At one point of the triangle is an information board which includes a photo of the War Memorial from before World War Two. Originally there were three World War One cannons which graced each point of the triangle around the fountain. Those cannon were removed during World War Two and buried in the sandhills, to avoid them falling into enemy hands in the event of the Axis forces invading Australia north of "The Brisbane Line". Such was the relief when Australia wasn't invaded that those cannon were left in the sandhills, to be lost to eternity.
In the current photo, taken from the same viewpoint but with a wider angle lens, you can see the pal trees which were planted to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the end of World War Two, and a 105mm Field Howitzer from the Vietnam War era, which was placed here in 2002 and unveiled on Anzac Day of that year, to replace the three World War One cannons. The building in the background to the left of the palm trees is the only recognizable building in both photos.
*Overall Experience: 2*
T4TH big dazza
Keith
Rated: for Overall Experience.
