Rocks, waterfalls, commemoration and the Governor General

 


The group at the commemoration ceremony for the 100th Anniversary of the Cenotaph with His Excellencies General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd) and Mrs Linda Hurley.

Today was a very diverse day with visits to a Zebra Rock facility, to waterfalls, a commemoration ceremony at the Cenotaph and then to Parliament for a reception and personal tour by the Minister for Veterans Affairs in the Northern Territory, The Honourable Paul Kirby.

A day to remember, as the photographs show.



Viewing and polishing the Zebra Rock



Florence Falls



Wangi Falls



Back to Darwin and meeting the Governor General

After the ceremony at the Cenotaph

With the Tasmanian Anzac Prize group

In the Northern Territory Parliament House at the reception, with the Federal Minister of Veterans Affairs, The Hon Darren Chester MP and the Leader of the Opposition in the Northern Territory Parliament, The Hon Lia Finocchiaro.

In Parliament House with the Governor General, Mrs Hurley, the Hon Paul Kirby (NT Minister for Veterans Affairs) and the Tasmania Anzac Prize students and adults.

In the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, with the The Hon Paul Kirby and the Tasmanian group.


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