Surveys

Hello all..

A reminder that survey forms have been sent home and can be returned to the College Office.

Any feedback on the tour would be appreciated.

Thank you

Mr Lobsey

Places Visited on European Study Tour 2009

For those unsure as to where we went on tour, have a look at the following list !

Places Visited on European Study Tour 2009

Brisbane Airport
Incheon Airport

Hyatt Regency Hotel Incheon
Frankfurt International Airport
Achat Hotel
Willy-Brandt-Platz ( Euro sign )
Frankfurt Römerberg ( Old Town )
Paul’s Kirche
Deutsche Bahn Train Ride: Frankfurt - Berlin
A&O Hostel
Berlin Wall / East Side Gallery
Altes Stadthaus ( GDR House of the Council of Ministers )
Marx and Engels Statue
Fernsehturm ( TV Tower )
Nöldnerplatz Station ( the wrong way ! )
Berlin Tiergarten
Siegessäule ( Victory Angel Column - Gold ‘ Else ’ )
Bismarck Statue
Albert Speer designed guardhouses ( entry booths )
Sowjetisches Ehrenmal ( Soviet Memorial )
Reichstag
Brandenburger Tor ( Brandenburg Gate )
Pariser Platz ( incl. Hotel Adlon )/Unter den Linden
Holocaust Memorial
Potsdamer Platz
Bundesrat
Checkpoint Charlie
Bertolt Brecht’s Grave and House Berlin Olympic Stadium
Berliner Ensemble Theatre Glockenturm ( Bell Tower )
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche ( ‘Jagged Tooth’ Church )
Kulturforum -Neue Nationalgalerie
Jüdisches Museum ( Jewish Museum )
Gulliver’s Travels Coach ( and Reinhardt )
Bauhaus Dessau
KZ Lager Dora-Mittelbau ( Slave Labour Camp )
Jugendgästehaus Am Ettersburg ( Weimar )
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Buchenwald Memorial
Deutsches Nationaltheatre Weimar ( site of Weimar Constitution )
Goethe and Schiller Statue
Jugendherberger Nuremberg
Nuremberg Castle
Nuremberg Tour with Dianne ( Castle, Albrecht Dürer’s House and Monument, Altes Rathaus, St Sebalduskirche, Schöner Brunnen - Beautiful Fountain with gold wishing ring, Hauptmarkt )
Nazi Congress Hall/ Documentation Centre Nuremberg
Luitpold Arena
Nürnberger Volksfest
Nazi Party Rally Grounds including Zeppelinfeld
Munich Olympics 1972 Football Sign
Heidelberg Friedhof ( Cemetery )
Jugendherberger Heidelberg
Heidelberg
German-French Old Border Crossing
St Michel ( tour with Florence )
Hotel Prunellia Verdun
Veolia Transport Coach ( and Xavier )
La Mort-Homme / Monument de Mort Homme ( Ils Nont Pas Passe )
Côte 304
Montfaucon ( American Monument and destroyed village )
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery ( talk by Mr Rivers )
Verdun
Fort Douaumont
Ossuary ( French National Necropolis )
Fleury-devant-Douaumont ( destroyed village )
Rheims Cathedral
Inter-Hotel Parc des Expositions Lille
Lille Southern Cemetery
Huts Cemetery, Dikkebusch
Ieper, Menin Gate - Last Post Service
Mesen Museum
The Church of Saint Nicolas, Mesen ( former Royal orphanage, crypt where Hitler was treated )
In Flander’s Field Museum Cloth Hall, Ieper
Langemarck German Cemetery
Tyne Cot Cemetery
Zonnebeke Chateau Passchendaele 1917 Museum
Ration Farm Military Cemetery
Rue Pettilon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix
Cobber’s Statue / VC Corner Australian Cemetery, Fromelles
The Fromelles Project Archaeological Dig
Bois de Noulette British Cemetery
Amiens Cathedral/Old Town ( tour by Christian Sutcliffe )
Hotel Campanile Beauvais
Historial de la Grande Guerre Museum Peronne
Mont St Quentin Digger 2nd Division Memorial
Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres
Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery
Le Hamel Australian Memorial
Third Division Memorial Sailly-Le-Sec
Australian National Memorial Villers-Bretonneux
Bancourt Military Cemetery
Grevillers Military Cemetery
A.I.F Burial Ground, Flers
Pozieres Windmill
Tank Monument
Mouquet Farm
Lochnager Mine Crater
Albert Cathedral
National Tapestry Gallery, Beauvais
Beauvais Museum
Beauvais Cathedral
Australian National Memorial Villers-Bretonneux - Dawn Service
Villers-Bretonneux
Musee Franco Australien
Kyriad La Villette Hotel Paris
Sacré-Couer, Montmatre
Arc de Triomphe
Coupe de Ligue Final Stade de France Bordeaux vs Vannes Rencontres De La Villette 2009
Versailles Palace
Eiffel Tour
Moulin Rouge
Place des Bastille
Place des Vosges
Jewish Quarter, Rue de Rosiers
Tour St-Jacques
Hotel de Ville, Paris
Notre Dame Cathedral
Pompidou Centre
Charles de Gaulle Airport

Incheon Airport

Brisbane Airport

All in 20 days ! Phew !

Library Display

We have been building an interesting library display of books and souvenirs from our tour. Make sure you have a look ! If anyone would like to contribute to this display ( which is safely secure behind the locked glass doors ) please write your name on the item and bring it to Mr Lobsey.

Thank You

An enormous thank you to everyone for making the tour so successful. I know the students have many stories, journal entries and photos to share.

The tour was extremely busy and we visited many, many sites. The intention was to pack in the experiences so that they could be slowly realised and considered over the years to come. I am sure that all appreciated the opportunity to see so much.

The conduct and attitude of the tour group was impressive and we managed to pull through the tiring times together. I am particularly impressed by those students who have made it to school today.

Thanks again

Mr Lobsey

The Western Front

Bonjour everyone !

I know we have not written for some days ( weeks ? ) but really, we have been so wonderfully busy on the road. The sightseeing and experiencing of the local history and culture has been dominant, tiring and inspiring.

There are thousands upon thousands of photgraphs of this tour ( as you can imagine ! ) and we hastily chosen a few to send home. The first is with Florence Lamousse in the forests of Verdun. We are looking at a shellhole. The second is back in Berlin. A moment withe Marx and Engels. The third is the Berlin Wall. We have countless other images to share when we get home.

Today we have been visited the cemeteries and museums of Ieper ( Ypres ) in Flanders Fields ( Belgium ). Amongst our busiest and most engaging days. Messines Ridge has special resonance for us all. Last night we were proudly involved in the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate. Richard Arnott and Kathryn Tucker laid a wreath on behalf of McAuley, the Grafton sub-Branch RSL and our community. A truly special occasion.

Tomorrow we head south to Fromelles and then Amiens for a tour of the city. We are already anticipating and preparing for the Dawn Service at Villers-Bretoneaux on Anzac Day.

We are all travelling well and the staff are proud of the group.

Best regards

Messrs Lobsey and Bellamy

Berlin to Weimar

Good morning all,

We have had another exciting, busy day in Berlin. Perhaps Berlin has been too good as most people don´t want to leave today ! We will go to Weimar tonight after a relative restful day. Hopefully the students are keeping their own diaries as a record of all that we have done.

Thanks
Mr Lobsey

Berlin

Morgen alles !

Berlin ist die schönest stadt.

We are really enjoying the big sites of Berlin. Here there is so much history and we have had many moments of real excitement.

Everything is going fantastically well and we are really happy so far.

Thank you all

Herr Lobsey