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25-JUL-2016 Yvonne

History lesson on the path

Trinity Beach, FNQ

Dick always likes to read anything like this about a place he is visiting... here are
some notes about these signs.

Six panels tell of the amphibious training that occurred on the beachfront during World War II.
Cairns was one of the Australia's largest military embarkation ports during the Pacific War.
Trinity Beach was set up as a training hub and hosted thousands of troops between May 1943 and December 1944.
Troops learned the skills associated with amphibious warfare, such as loading and unloading landing craft.

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Gill Kopy28-Aug-2016 02:52
Nice for history to be remembered - looks like they make some good shade too :)
barbarajoy27-Aug-2016 23:11
We are not there to read for ourselves so thank you for the information Yvonne. We called in to Trinity Beach (lovely!) on our way from Cairns to Port Douglas but did not see those signboards. Most interesting.
Walter Otto Koenig27-Aug-2016 16:11
It is great that they have these signs in the actual location where this took place.
Borisalex27-Aug-2016 11:06
Good to have the memory about that time so well presented! Hopefully it will not be necessary again! V.
joseantonio27-Aug-2016 10:56
interesting to have those historic facts to learn about the place.V
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