AustrAustraliaalia Week in VillersVillers----BretonneuxBretonneux “Share the Australian Spirit”
Organised by the Municipality of Villers-Bretonneux with the participation of the Australian Embassy.
Thursday April 22 ndndnd :
- 8:30pm ::: Concert by Sydney Boys High School – “Marché CouvertCouvert”””” (Market Hall)
Friday April 23 rdrdrd :
- 9:00am-6:00pm:::: Flights over the WW1 battlefields of the Somme – AmiensAmiens--Glisy--Glisy Airfield . Reservation at the Corbie Tourist Office - 6:30pm : Inauguration – WW1 photograph of the exhibition “Australian Memories” which includes 60 previously unpublished photographs from the archives of the Australian War Memorial in Canberra and exclusively unveiled in 2008 at the Australian Embassy in France. – “Salle Victoria” (Victoria Hall). Plus book launch by author Margaret Clark for her book about Jo Hayne, an Australian soldier – Victoria Hall - 7:00pm : SSSlideSlidelidelide----showshow by the students of the “Collège Jacques Brel” in Villers-Bretonneux concerning their trip to Australia in 2009 – Market Hall
Saturday April 24 ththth :
- 9:00am-6:00pm:::: Flights over the WW1 battlefields of the Somme – AmiensAmiens--Glisy--Glisy Airfield . Reservation at the Corbie Tourist Office - Hike “Memorial to Memorial”” 8:30am ::: Meeting point – Town Hall Square 8:45am : Transport by bus to the Australian National Memorial outside Villers- Bretonneux 9:00am ::: Depart for the Australian Corps Memorial Park in Le Hamel – refreshments followed by the return by bus (Town Hall Square).
- 10:30am ::: Australian rules football initiation for the children (consult the rules on www.footballaustralien.com ) – Timmerman Stadium - 2:30pm ::: 222 ndndnd ANZAC CupCup, Australian rules football match (consult the rules on www.footballaustralien.com ) –Timmerman Stadium
- 6:00pm ::: Conference on the battle of Villers-Bretonneux, April 25 th 1918 by Bernard Vaquez, member of the Franco-Australian Association plus book launch by author Margaret Clark for her book about Jo Hayne, an Australian soldier – Market Hall Page 111 sur 333
Sunday April 25 ththth :
VILLERS-BRETONNEUX :
- 3:30am – 5:00am : Shuttle service from the St Exupéry School to the Australian National Memorial. After the ceremony the shuttle from the Memorial back to Villers-Bretonneux (Please be patient!).
- Official ANZAC Day Dawn Service Australian National Memorial : 3:30am : Site of the memorial opens 5:15am ::: Last time by which public are advised to arrive 5:30am ::: Dawn Service commences
- 8:30am ::: Depart of the Australian parade for the French War Monument – FrancoFranco---- Australian Museum - 9:00am ::: Ceremony at the French War Monument – Town Hall Square - 9:30am ::: Presentation of the Australian scholarship Sadlier-Stokes followed by a ccconcertconcert – “The Somme Battlefield Pipe Band” and the Brass Band of Amiens – MarketMMMarket Hall - 9:00am-6:00pm:::: Flights over the WW1 battlefields of the Somme – AmiensAmiens--Glisy--Glisy Airfield . Reservation at the “Aéro-club Picardie Amiens Métropole”. (Tel.: 03.22.38.10.70). No ccco cooourtesurtesurtesyyyy----busbusbusbus for this day between Villers-Bretonneux and the Amiens-Glisy airfield.
- 2:00pm : ANZAC Day ceremony at the French War Monument – in the villagevillage - 3:00pm ::: ANZAC Day Wreath Laying Service at the Australian “Digger” Memorial – outside the village
The FrancoFranco----AustralianAustralian Museum will be open as usual from Monday, April 191919 ththth to Saturday 24 ththth , 9.30am to 5.30pm and exceptionally open Sunday, AprilApril 252525 ththth , 7.00am to 6.00pm ...
Circuit N°1 (according to weather conditions): Price : from 45 €/person with 3 people per plane Time of flight : 45 minutes. Last flight at 6pm. Courtesy-bus – Friday and Saturday only – from the Corbie Tourist Office annexe (in front of the Villers-Bretonneux Town Hall) to the Amiens-Glisy airfield. Itinerary : Depart from the AMIENS-GLISY airfield – Flight over the Castle of QUERRIEU (British headquarters) – Crash Site of the Red Baron near the brickworks (road CORBIE-BRAY-S/-SOMME) – the basilica of ALBERT and its Golden Virgin – the blast-hole of LA BOISSELLE – the Site of POZIERES – Mouquet Farm – THIEPVAL Memorial – ULSTER tower – BEAUMONT-HAMEL Memorial Park and its trenches – the old plane exhibition in ALBERT –the Red Baron’s last flight above the river Somme – LE HAMEL Memorial – Australian National Memorial at VILLERS-BRETONNEUX – return to the airfield.
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Circuit N°2 (according to weather conditions) ::: Price : from 60 €/person with 3 people per plane Time of flight : 60 minutes. Last flight at 6pm. Courtesy-bus : (see above) Itinerary : circuit N°1 + the New-Zealand Memorial and the South-African Museum in LONGUEVAL – the castle of SUZANNE – the Red Baron’ s House in CAPPY – the “P’tit Train de la Haute-Somme”.
The exhibition presents the chronological history of the A.I.F (Australian Imperial Force) in France from 1916 to 1918. Some of the themes exposed are: 1 –Depart from Australia and arrival in France, 2 – Meeting with the French, 3 – Australians in France, 4 – On the Western Front, 1916, 5 – Battlefield landscape, 6 – Living conditions, 7 – On the Western Front, 1917, 9 – Australian Flying Corps and August 1918, 11 – Death
For further information, please contact :
Le Musée FrancoFranco----AustralienAustralien La Mairie de VillersVillers----BretonneuxBretonneux 9, rue du Victoria Place Charles de Gaulle 80800 Villers-Bretonneux 80800 Villers-Bretonneux Tél. : 03.22.96.80.79 Tél. : 03.22.96.31.00 [email protected] [email protected] www.museeaustralien.com www.villers-bretonneux.com
L’Office de Tourisme de Corbie Bocage Trois ValléesVallées 28/30, place de la République 80800 Corbie Tél. : 03.22.96.95.76 [email protected] www.amiens-tourisme.com
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