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2022 Cruise part 7 Naples at Herculaneum

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The area exposed is only about a quarter of the original town. it is believed that many more buildings are still buried.
The restoration here is much harder than at Pompeii. At Pompeii they could wash the ash away exposing buildings etc. Here they have to use various tools including hammers and chisels. Because unlike Pompeii Herculaneum was a mixture of mud and ash, becoming solid within the buildings.
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My Holidays, Travel

2015 in Canberra and Sydney with Linda, James and Jorja.

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We had heard that the schools planned trip to Canberra was canceled so we decided to take them there during the October school holidays and return to Perth via Sydney.

In Canberra we visited and had tours around the old parliament and the new parliament then we spent a full day at the war memorial. In Sydney the usual tourist visits around the Rocks, Darling harbour, Manly and of course the Hard Rock Cafe.

The Rocks was saved by the local community and the BLF Unions Green Bans. Although the Union came under massive pressure they saved this iconic part of Sydney. There should be a statue to Jack Mundy for leading the fight to save the Rocks.

From the grass at the newParliament House looking down to the old Parliament House and the War Memorial.
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