Dan or Justy

More sights. I'm reaching some kind of saturation point. Must rest eyes for a while.

Visited a large private war museum. A well collected set of memorabilia from various conflicts, with an Australian focus. More than the usual collection of tanks and planes, there was substantial emphasis on the personal experience of the soldiers. As usual here, WWII gets the major press, but there is much to display from the Australian experience in Vietnam. Aussies started fighting there in 1965. I don't think most Americans realize that. Certainly, most Australians don't mention it. It wasn't the national trauma it was in the States.

We are driving through the Atherton Tablelands, an eroded plateau with a personality problem. It resembles a tropical Ireland in its climate and appearance, respectively. It is cooler up here than down on the coast, to be sure, but that's a relative term. The sun is just as menacing and being a bit closer to it doesn't help.