Old video - the Queen in Canberra 1954

That is cool! I like a “soaring shaft” or two!

rosebud said :

Rawhide Kid No 2 said :

rosebud said :

Oh, so it’s a memorial FOR the USA, not FROM the USA! We actually built it, did we? With out own money then, one would presume…

I’d heard the rumors before, but never seen the facts.

Yes and I heard that it flaps it’s wings every day at three-o-clock.

I’d like to see that too! (hee hee hee) Great rumor!

When we moved to Canberra in 1970 my father told us you could take a lift to the top of it and look out through the eyes. Unfortunately he got it mixed up with the Corillon.

Rawhide Kid No 2 said :

rosebud said :

Oh, so it’s a memorial FOR the USA, not FROM the USA! We actually built it, did we? With out own money then, one would presume…

I’d heard the rumors before, but never seen the facts.

Yes and I heard that it flaps it’s wings every day at three-o-clock.

I’d like to see that too! (hee hee hee) Great rumor!

rosebud said :

Oh, so it’s a memorial FOR the USA, not FROM the USA! We actually built it, did we? With out own money then, one would presume…

I’d heard the rumors before, but never seen the facts.

Yes and I heard that it flaps it’s wings every day at three-o-clock.

This doco was shown in full by the ABC on Australia Day 1990. It includes some wonderful shots of the area in front of Old Parliament House pre LBG.

Oh, so it’s a memorial FOR the USA, not FROM the USA! We actually built it, did we? With out own money then, one would presume…

I’d heard the rumors before, but never seen the facts.