Hi Boris On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:29 +0200, "Boris Liberman" <bori...@gmail.com> wrote: > Brian, you evoked some rather grim associations also related to the > WWII. So one may say, you've hit the bull's eye with this viewer...
Thanks - it was an unexpectedly emotional experience for my wife and me. We had an excellent guide to show up around and explain the significance of the various parts of the memorial. Finding the Sydney had become the 'holy grail' of marine archeology in Australia. I think most people had come to the conclusion that it would remain lost forever so, when it was finally located, it received an amazing amount of publicity. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > Boris > > > On 12/10/2009 1:21 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > > G'day all > > > > Another one from my trip to Western Australia. > > > > At Geraldton there is a memorial to the sailors who were lost off the WA > > coast when the HMAS Sydney II was sunk in WW2. It's a particularly > > beautiful memorial and it's focal pint is a silver dome with 645 silver > > seagulls - one for each sailor lost. > > > > The memorial is even more significant now than in the past - the wreck > > of the Sydney (and the Kormoran, the German raider that sank her) was > > located in 2008, about 100 km off the coast at a depth of 2,468 metres. > > > > > > http://www.blognow.com.au/PESO/186421/645_Seagulls.html > > > > > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
