Day 2. Sydney. 18.1.25

 "The Granville rail disaster occurred on Tuesday 18 January 1977 at Granville, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, when a crowded commuter train derailed, running into the supports of a road bridge that collapsed onto two of the train's passenger carriages. The official inquiry found the primary cause of the crash to be poor fastening of the track.

It remains the worst rail disaster in Australian history; 83 people died and 213 were injured. An 84th victim, an unborn child, was added to the fatality list in 2017."

This morning we were supposed to attend the Granville Train Disaster Memorial Service. 6 people who worked at the bank where Mark worked were tragically killed in this rail disaster in 1977.

We woke to some pretty wild weather and at 9am Mark made the unpleasant decision to not attend the service.  The BoM says there has been 16 mm of rain already, with the chance of another 20 mm and the winds are predicted to be up to 45 km/hr.

After a very large and delicious breakfast I stuck the camera out the front door 🙃

About 10 o'clock we decided to take a short walk around the corner to the Anzac Memorial and Museum. I came here with my sisters 15 months ago. Mark has only ever walked past it on his way to/from work when it was closed.

"The Anzac Memorial is a heritage-listed war memorial, museum and monument located in Hyde Park South near Liverpool Street in the CBD of Sydney, Australia." Wikipedia

Naval wireless signaller and flag signaller.

Army Medical Corp 

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RAAF

Went for a wander along Oxford Street so Mark could show me where he worked.

It's now a gym.

Lunch was had in our room after a quick visit to Aldi. Then we went back to the Anzac Memorial for a guided tour of the museum and building. The guide, Geoff, was very informative. As we had been to Gallipoli last year it was easy to picture what he was saying. 

The strong winds blew the water sideways. 

The first ever wreath laid at this memorial on 24.11.1924 when the building was officially opened. 

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A quick peek inside. There was a wedding in progress.

Even though it was very disappointing not to attend the Granville Rail Disaster Memorial Service this morning we managed to keep busy close to home. We encountered a couple of very light showers and gusty winds that almost bowled me over.

We saw the service on the news and they had rain and wind to contend with.  In the back of our minds is how sick we were last year in Turkey and Egypt. Then I got sick again when we got back from Vietnam. We just decided to play it safe as this is only day 2 of 56 days away.