SA Premier's Anzac Spirit School Prize

  Hi all Sorry for no pictures for three days but we have been out of Internet coverage. Here are some of the great pictures from our Kakadu/Arnhem Land experience. It has been an amazing experience.  So many rocks and crocs to see!

  The oil tunnels Our RSL SA delegate, Wayne Langford in Vietnam in 1971 (on the right) Vietnam display with Wayne at the Aviation Museum In the B52 Bomber Watching the story of the London-Darwin Air-race in 1919, with Keith Smith, Ross Smith, Wally Shiers and Jim Bennett At the Aviation Museum with Dayle Lord from Tourism Top End and the Vickers Vimey crew

At the US Perry Memorial on the Esplanade At the Cenotaph on the Esplanade The Darwin Cruise learning about the bombing Royal Flying Doctor Service Museum At the gun emplacement at East Point  

  At the airport, ready to go At dinner at Stokes Hill Wharf after a long walk -  wet but happy! Looking at the re-constructed bombed Post Office on the walk back to hotel - doing history on a Saturday night in the rain in Darwin.

     Image from the Virtual War Memorial at  Virtual War Memorial (vwma.org.au) I will be publishing your research stories on this blog in preparation for the presentations each night - if you have sent me a Word document with photographs of your research to me.  Please try to do so before the end of this week.  I thought it was worth re-publishing this blog posting about primary sources to get our thinking in place about the  stories from the bombing. Going to the primary sources In our research for the trip it is very important that we seek out the primary sources for the bombing of Darwin story - to listen to and read from those who were actually there on those fateful days.  Primary sources are critical for us to understand the state of mind of those involved and to piece together a complete story of the bombing. When we are in Darwin we will be at museums that will profile the stories of the survivors of the bombing but we thought it wou...

Avoid these guys! The health and welfare of the tour group is paramount. During our recent Zoom session we discussed the following document regarding individual health and welfare for the tour. There will be more specific COVID-19 advice when we are away but the document that follows has been put together to clarify what you need to do before and during the tour in regards to keeping healthy and safe. HEALTH AND WELFARE INFORMATION FOR THE PREMIER’S ANZAC SPIRIT SCHOOL PRIZE TOUR TO DARWIN IN APRIL 2022 The health and welfare information contained in this document was informed by the doctors at Globe Medical, 21 Hindmarsh Square, Adelaide. The advice contained in this document falls into three categories: non-negotiable requirements decisions to be made by the family precautions expected to be taken by the individual in preparation for the tour and on the tour. 1.     Non-negotiable requirements COVID vaccination required and evidence has been provided prior to travel...

  Places the study tour will be visiting on the trip. Where are we going and where are we staying? Here are the hotels and contact information for the accommodation on the tour * 1 - 3 October 2022  DoubleTree By Hilton Esplanade Darwin  116 The Esplanade Darwin 0800 Tel:    0 8 89800800  DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Esplanade Darwin * 4 - 5 October 2022 Border Store: Kakadu National Park near East Alligator River   Overland OZ: 0475595470  https://overlandoz.com.au/cont act * 6 October 2022 Kakadu: Cooinda Lodge Kakadu Highway, Northern Territory, 0822 Tel: 08 8979 1500 https://kakadutourism.com/accommodation/cooinda-lodge/   * 7 - 8 October 2022 Katherine: Knotts Crossing Hotel cnr Giles & Cameron Streets, Katherine, Northern Territory, 0851 Tel: 08 8972 2511 https://knottscrossing.com.au/   * 9 October 2022 Litchfield: Litchfield Outback Resort   49 Rum Jungle Road, Batchelor, Northern Territory, 0845 Te...