George was our tour guide at the War Memorial. He was a lovely old vet who had lots of historical and personal war stories to tell. George had been a pilot during the war. He could tell we were very interested in what he had to say which is why I think he extended his time with us. The girls were so well behaved and listened intently.
Waz and I could of spent a couple of days there and the kids, well, I think they had had enough. They were pretty into it during the first part of the day but as the afternoon went on their interest diminished. We also managed to find out more personal information regarding Waz's great Uncle who died in WWI in France. We saw his name on the Role of Honour and the girls placed a poppy next to his name. The poppy signifies the end of the war.
Sydney August Jelfs died aged 20 in WWI
We managed to get to the New Parliament House around 4pm. This was too late for the first part of question time. There were 3 politions in the House of Rep. One was talking, one listening and one was on the nod. We sat down in the viewing gallery for a whole 2 minutes. We were worried Lilly was going to yell out something out of boredom. The gallery isn't sound proof and Lilly gets bored very quickly.
We went up to the roof top to check out the flag pole and the view. I must say the flag pole/mast is pretty cool to look at in person and the view across to the War Memorial is a good view too.
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