Better Homes and Gardens Australia — December 2017

where German soldiers defended
their position, and the beach-
heads and bluffs, still scarred from
falling bombs and ordnance.
Closer to home, in the Solomon
Islands, Australian soldiers fought
on Guadalcanal. This lush tropical
island is filled with wartime relics,
monuments and famous battlefield
sites. Just off the coast in Iron
Bottom Sound is where HMAS
Canberra was sunk. Divers can
explore some of the sunken World
War II ships in shallower waters.
In Sydney you can visit beautiful
Macarthur Park, home to Camden’s
WWI memorial and heritage rose
gardens, used as a film location
for Foxtel’s A Place to Call Home.
The World War I battlefield at
Gallipoli, however, is what resonates
most with Australians. While the site
is most popular during Anzac Day
commemoration ceremonies, it is
still possible to explore year-round.
Find out more Check out the
great selection of Mat McLachlan
Battlefield Tours at welltravelled.
com.au/tours or call 1300 041 781.

HISTORY

TIPS

Take a map

of the region

for a full

overview,

and don’t

be afraid to

explore on

your own.

Organised

tours

offer great

perspective,

but for

peaceful

reflection,

walk a

battlefield

site alone.

WWII shipwreck in

the Solomon Islands

Statue of Turkish

and Allied soldiers

in Anzac Cove

An aircraft at the open-air Vilu

War Museum, Guadalcanal

Old bullets from

Guadalcanal

Tyne Cot, in Belgium, is the

largest Commonwealth military

cemetery in the world