Showing posts with label War Memorial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label War Memorial. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Day 326 - Princess in Town


Henry and I braved the rain this afternoon with maybe a few hundred others to wait to see Princess Mary and Prince Frederik of Denmark who were at the War Memorial this afternoon to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. After a 20 minute wait in the drizzle, we spotted the police escort coming down Anzac Parade and Mary and Fred finally arrived. She was so elegant and of course looked absolutely gorgeous. After stopping for a brief wave they went inside. Now if Henry had been playing nice I may have been able to wait for the royal couple to come back out, but that was not the case! Peta (friend and fellow blogger) did wait and got a much better photo. She even got to meet the princess. Her girls Ava and Olivia were most excited to give the flowers they had brought, as well. For a better close up, you could look at Peta's blog!

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Day 18 - Coffee at the War Memorial

Can you see what this picture is of?

Had coffee this afternoon at the War Memorial at their new cafe, with Peta, Sarah, Sue and Bev. It's got a great outlook with floor to ceiling glass walls, lots of space and undercover parking which I thought was pretty good. Henry kept us entertained with his laughs and funny faces (see Peta's blog here: http://petasproject3652011.blogspot.com/) and we all enjoyed a coffee and cake with a bit of a catch up. The only thing we noticed is that by 4pm, the place was very empty and the staff did start to pack up and clean up around us... the picture above is of the outdoor chairs all stacked up! Thanks to Sue for suggesting it for an interesting photo of the day.