2 day Australian WW1 battlefield tour in Flanders the Somme from Bruges or Ypres

2 day Australian WW1 battlefield tour in Flanders the Somme from Bruges or Ypres

The first day you will stand in Fromelles, visit the museum and the Pheasant Wood cemetery, go to VC Corner Cemetery and the Australian Memorial Park. You will see one of the mine craters of Messines, Hill 60, Polygoon Wood and Tyne Cot Cy. in Passendale. That night you will attend the Last Post at the Menin Gate in Ypres.

The second day will put the focus on the Somme, Villers Bretonneux Adelaide Cy, the Memorial, Le Hamel where General Monash will use new tactics and Pozières and its Windmill and Moo Cow Farm. You will end the day at Bullecourt in the museum and the Australian Memorial Park.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Museum of the Battle of Fromelles, Rue de la Basse Ville, 59249 Fromelles France

You will see the Pheasant Wood and the place where the 250 soldiers were found, stand in the newly built cemetery. You will have a look at the museum.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Australian Memorial Park, Rue delval, Fromelles France

You will visit the park, see the German and Australian lines, no man's land

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: VC Corner Australian Cemetery, 91 rue Delval Next to the Australian Memorial Park, 59249 Fromelles France

You will stand at the cemetery, it is the only exclusive Australian Cemetery iin France

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Messines Ridge, N314, Mesen 8957 Belgium

You will see the ridge captures by Australians, New Zealanders, British and Irish troops in June 1917.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Hill 60, Zwarteleenstraat 36-40, Ieper (Ypres) 8902 Belgium

You will walk on the hill, see the Caterpillar Min Crater and the memorial dedicated to the 1st Australian Tunneling Company.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Polygon Wood Cemetery, 8980 Zonnebeke, Belgium

you will see the memorial dedicated to the 5th Australian Division, the New Zealand Memorial. This is also the place where there is a Dawn Service on ANZAC Day.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917, Ieperstraat 5, Zonnebeke 8980 Belgium

The very best WW1 museum in Belgium.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Tyne Cot Cemetery, Tynecotstraat, Zonnebeke 8980 Belgium

The largest CWGC's cemetery in the world

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Menin Gate Memorial, Menenstraat Poort gebouw, Ieper (Ypres) 8900 Belgium

You will see Ypres, the Cloth Hall and the main square. You will participate at the daily act of remebrance under the Menin Gate.

After this service I will bring you back at your hotel

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Australian National Memorial near Villers-Bretonneux, Route de Villers Bretonneux, 80800 Fouilloy, France

Leaving your hotel towards Villers-Bretonneux, you will see the Memorial and the Cemetery

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Sir John Monash Centre, Route de Villers Bretonneux Mémorial national australien, 80800 Fouilloy France

You will spend an hour and a half visiting this new very informative center.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: École Victoria, 9 Rue Victoria, 80800 Villers-Bretonneux, France

See the school rebuilt with the help of Australian school childeren.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Australian Corps Memorial Le Hamel, chemin de 80340, 4 Chemin de Sailly Laurette, 80340 Le Hamel, France

You will stand near that Memorial on the German lines and will see from where the troops commanded by Sir John Monash attacked on 4 July 1918.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Lochnagar Crater, Route de la Grande Mine, 80300 Ovillers-la-Boisselle France

See the crater created by detonating a underground mine on 1 July 1916.

Having Lunch in the area

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Pozieres Memorial, 80300 Pozieres France

At Pozières you will see the Memorial dedicated to the 1st Australian Division, the MooCow Farm Memorial and the Wind Mill Memorial.

Driving back towards your hotel

Duration: 2 hours