1 day Somme Australian tour including Sir John Monash Centre

1 day Somme Australian tour including Sir John Monash Centre

Following the footsteps of the Australians on the Somme with a local experienced guide. Including the visit of Sir John Monash Centre

Itinerary
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Stop At: Australian National Memorial, route de Villers Bretonneux D23, 80800 Fouilloy France

Visiting the Australian National Memorial of Villers-Bretonneux where 11.000 Australians without a know grave who fell in the Somme are remembered and Villers-Bretonneux Military cemetery

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Sir John Monash Centre tells Australia story of the Western Front

Please note that the SJMC will be closed from 25 December to 1 January inclusive, and from 10 February to 1 March inclusive

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

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

The Lochnagar mine crater is the remain of the biggest mine used by the British Army on the first day of the battle of the Somme

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Pozieres, Pozieres, Somme, Hauts-de-France

We’ll have a lunch break in a local restaurant/café in La Boisselle or Pozières

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: 1st Australian Division Memorial, 268 Route d Albert, 80300 Pozieres France

After lunch we’ll continue the visit to the village of Pozières, where the bloodiest Australian struggle on the Western Front took place. Vestiges of the Gibraltar bunker remain and memorials including the First Australian Division Memorial, the Windmill and the Tanks Corp Memorials

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Windmill Memorial, D929, 80300 Pozieres France

The Windmill Memorial is a German position captured by the Australian troops during the battle of Pozières. On the other side of the road, the tanks Memorial remember where the tanks where used for the first time in history

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, Rue de l'Eglise, 80300 Beaumont-Hamel France

To help us to understand trench warfare, we’ll visit the Newfoundland Park in Beaumont Hamel and in particular its well preserved trench system

Duration: 30 minutes