Australian War Brides celebrated this ANZAC Day

Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcast: 24/04/2007 7.30 Report
Reporter: Tracy Bowden

Between 1942 and 1946, some 15,000 young Australian women fell in love with US servicemen and made the long voyage to start a new life in America. As part of Anzac Day commemorations in Washington DC this year, a special reception will be held at the Australian Embassy in their honour.

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Source of image: State Library of Victoria
Twin sisters both American brides picture
Date(s) of creation: [ca. 1944]
photograph : gelatin silver ; 17.0 x 13.0 cm. approx.
Reproduction rights: State Library of Victoria.
Accession Number: H2000.200/884
Image Number: an016192

New Yorkers to Tasmania

The New York Times on May 28th 2006, ran this feature in the Travel section:

In Tasmania, a Three-Day Trek Into an Exotic Wilderness

By MATTHEW POWER
Published: May 28, 2006

KNEE deep in the middle of Southwest Tasmania’s swampy Loddon Plains, en route to the white quartzite peak of Frenchmans Cap, it occurs to me that some people pay good money to be covered with mud of this quality. I have not come to the far side of the planet for a mud bath, but that’s part of the price of admission for a true wilderness experience….

Read the full article with slides at the NY Times

Photo of Cradle Mountain: Chris Mellor/Lonely Planet Images