[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Our Special Activity for February is a tour of Sydney’s Anzac Memorial. It commences with a 15 minute Remembrance Ceremony followed by a 1.5 hour tour.

The Memorial is a place of meditative silence, serene calmness and tranquillity and is regarded as one of the finest examples of Art Deco architecture in Australia. The design was the collaboration of Sydney architect Bruce Dellit, along with English immigrant artist and veteran of the Great War, George Raynor Hoff. The granite-faced Anzac Memorial is the centrepiece in a network of paths through Hyde Park that pass the Pool of Reflection. The exterior of the building features 16 seated buttress figures and four standing corner figures. Each of these figures is in the uniform of a sailor, soldier or nurse. The flat-faced exterior of the Anzac Memorial contrasts with the curves of the interior spaces. At the heart of the Anzac Memorial is the bronze statue ‘Sacrifice’, created by George Rayner Hoff. The Hall of Memory features a ceiling with over 120,000 gold-plated stars, one for each of the men and women from New South Wales who served overseas in the Australian Imperial Force. At ground level in the Hall of Memory, curved niches are engraved with the battle honours of the four principal areas in which Australians saw active service during the Great War. The niches include Gallipoli, France and Belgium, Egypt and Palestine and the world’s oceans.

Venue: ANZAC Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney

Meeting Place: Reception Desk located in the Exhibition Hall, Hyde Park

Time: Start – 10.50am  Finish – 12.30pm  Please note:  The Remembrance Service commences at 11.00am

Cost: There is no cost but this is a private tour and the staff are paid. Final numbers must be provided by the close date. A donation would be greatly appreciated.

RSVP to Kay Nicholas at [email protected] by 17 February 2016

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