Anzac Parade in Canberra (named for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, which first made its name in World War I) runs from the edge of Lake Burley Griffin to the Australian War Memorial. Look in one direction and you see the memorial. Look the other way, across the lake, and you see the old and new Parliament Houses. This is by design. The intention is that members of parliament be able to see the monuments to the fallen before they make a decision to put (somebody else's) boots on the ground.

Anzac Parade sits between the suburbs of Reid on the north west and Campbell on the south west. The memorial itself is considered to sit in Campbell.

Along the length of Anzac Parade you'll find monuments to various branches of the services and to those who served in particular conflicts. The Korean War memorial, located on the Reid side of the avenue, was dedicated on 18 April 2000. It consists of three figures set amongst a forest of steel poles which represent... I originally had no idea, but a page that I found on the monumentaustralia.org.au website suggests that the poles "symbolise those who died". Another interesting point was the choice of white and grey tones in the monument and its materials. Originally I thought that this was just a by-product of the materials used but apparently the intention is to reflect the harsh Korean climate and terrain.

Each of the figures represents one branch of the services; an infantryman, a naval seaman and, of course, an airman decked out in the flying outfit from the dawn of the jet age, the era of the F-86 Sabre against the MiG 15.

This last one is the figure that we see here. The shot was taken after first light but before sunrise proper, which is why the light is fairly subtle and indirect. (East is roughly on his left hand side.)