Liverpool, Lighthorse Park
Lighthorse Park beside the Georges River, in the south western suburb of Liverpool. It features a war memorial dedicated to the Australian Light Horse Brigade, which were mounted troops with characteristics of both cavalry and mounted infantry, who served in the Second Boer War and World War I. The concrete pillar, engraved with two Light Horsemen and a Light Horseman’s slouch hat, was unveiled on 11 November 1988. The park also contains a restored steam engine produced by Marshall, Sons & Co.
Historical, for sure! Beautiful captures & I love that sky!
ReplyDeleteThanks for locating this rather lovely memorial. We Australians need to know where our memorials are.
ReplyDeleteIt is strange that this monument was established in 1988, for the bicentenary, and not after the Boer War or after WW1. The surrounding fence is also unusual.
No worries Hels. I only discovered this park on Monday. There is an interesting war memorial in Liverpool dedicated to the Boer War, that I'll try to feature sometime soon. This park is off the beaten track, so I assume the fence was put there to prevent vandalism.
ReplyDeleteThe statue is very cool. Is the red sky from the dust presenting real problems there? Is it so bad that it's posing health concerns? It's all over our news in the USA.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your nice comment at Tampa DP. I appreciate it.
Thinking of you there. I hope you're OK.
Yes Frank, although the storm has cleared, the dust dumped on the city is presenting quite a few problems. There have been health concerns, especially for people with allergies and asthmatics. I'm sensitive to dust and have been coughing since Wednesday and it gets worse when I'm outside.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a neat park...my husband would love that steam engine.
ReplyDeleteHels and J Bar, Lighthorse Park was established as a bicentenial project. Prior to this it had been used as the council rubbish tip. Rejuvenated into a park with picnic tables and free gas bbq's. At the northern end of the park is the remains (bridge pylons) of the rail line that ran into the Moorebank Army Camp.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous, thanks for that local knowledge because I'm not that familiar with this part of Sydney.
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