Sunday September 28th

Up reasonable early to pack up and pick up the car for the first leg of the WWW I Remembrance

Trail. This was to negotiate our way out of Paris and head for Villers-Bretonneux. This task

was made a bit more difficult in that the GPS in the car flatly refused to speak English.

Our overnight accommodation was a B&B in nearby Corbie.

The Adelaide Cemetery in Villers-Bretonneau

The amazing Australian memorial and Cemetery just outside Villers-Bretonneau

The fantastic Le Macassar B&B in Corbie (best B&B we have ever stayed at)

Monday September 29th

A big day ahead visiting several cemeteries, memorials and museums in Albert, Pozieres, and Fromelles. We concluded the day by attending the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ieper (Ypres).

Some of the artefacts on display at the Albert museum (Albert)

The Lochnager Crater (La Boisselle)

The 1st Australian Division Memorial (Pozieres)

The remains of some nearby German bunkers (Pozieres)

The "Windmill" Australian Memorial (Pozieres)

The V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial (Fromelles)

The "Cobbers" Australian Memorial Park (Fromelles)

The new Pheasant Wood Cemetery (Fromelles)

Ieper Cloth Hall  and St Martin's Cathedral   /  Menin Gate

ABOVE

The crowd assembled for the ceremony

LEFT

The buglers playing the Last Post.

We were very fortunate as participating in the ceremony was an Australian school choir singing Advance Australia Fair and an Australian school band playing Waltzing Matilda.

Tuesday September 30th

The plan for today is to visit the Tyne-Cot Cemetery and the Memorial Museum in Zonnebeke before making our way into Brussels to drop off the car and stay overnight. We finished the day with a walk into town for a look and dinner.

Tyne-Cot is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the world with

Tyne-Cot Cemetery

Memorial Museum

Some sights of Brussels.