The Cenotaph Sydney

... is like remembrance day in the UK however here instead of just having the 2 minute silence and the placing of the wreaths on the cenotaph, the day here is a public holiday where pretty much all the locals get dressed up in soldier/navy gear and go out ...

... through the exhibits. Then I walked through Hyde Park again, went into the NSW State Library, stopped at Martin Place to view the cenotaph (war memorial: "Lest we forget"), and returned to the hotel to pack. As I checked out of the hotel on Saturday ...

... Service, which was beautiful. It's hugely important here, and large crowds turn up every year for the 4am service. We gathered at the Cenotaph to hear pipe bands, sing hymns and watch the wreath laying. I was given a sprig of rosemary for remembrance, ...

... . We headed down St Martins Place to the GPO, it is now a hotel but used to be the post office. In front of this in the cenotaph, a monument with a sailor and a soldier. It is at this point in the city that is noted as the centre, and where all signposts ...

... in and then continued with various prayers, hymns, and an address. After the address a wreath was symbolically laid on the Cenotaph during a moment of silence. The minister then said a payer commemorating the fallen and the Cenotaph flags were lowered. ...