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Anzac Day

Flanders.
Opinion
Belgium

I thought this place would be boring. Instead, it reduced me to tears

When I saw a day roaming a World War I site on the itinerary, the word ‘boring’ came to mind. Now I think every Australian needs to visit it.

  • by Julietta Jameson
Charleville in outback Queensland played an overlooked but fascinating part of Australia’s World War II history.

The secret outback base where the US hid one of its top weapons

Despite playing host to 3500 US airmen and hiding a device used in the bombing of Hiroshima, Charleville barely registers a blip on Australia’s wartime radar.

  • by Catherine Best

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/topic/anzac-day-5ud