The first day you will stand in Fromelles, visit the museum and the Pheasant Wood cemetery, go to VC Corner Cemetery and the Australian Memorial Park. You will see one of the mine craters of Messines, Hill 60, Polygoon Wood and Tyne Cot Cy. in Passendale. That night you will attend the Last Post at the Menin Gate in Ypres.
The second day will put the focus on the Somme, Villers Bretonneux, the Memorial, Le Hamel where General Monash will use new tactics and Pozières and its Windmill and Moo Cow Farm.
Rue de la Basse Ville, Fromelles, France
You will stand near the Pheasant Wood see where the 250 soldiers were buried, stand in the newly built cemetery and visit the museum.
Rue delval, Fromelles, France
You will see the German and Australian lines, no man's land and the statue called "the Cobbers"
91 rue Delval, Next to the Australian Memorial Park, Fromelles, France
You will stand in this exclusive Australian cemetery in France.
N314, Mesen, Belgium
You will see Messines captures by Australian, New Zealand, British and Irish troops in June 1917.
Zwarteleenstraat 36-40, Ieper (Ypres), Belgium
You will walk on the hill, see the Caterpillar Crater and the meomorial dedicated to the 1st Australian Tunneling Cy.
This is also the place wher the Dawn Service is held on ANZAC Day
Tynecotstraat, Zonnebeke, Belgium
This is the CWGC's largets cemetery.
Grote Markt 34, Ieper (Ypres), Belgium
You will see the main square, the cloth hall and some of the nice buildings in Ypres
Menenstraat, Ieper (Ypres), Belgium
You will stand under the gate to participate at the Last Post before heading back to your hotel.
route de Villers Bretonneux, Sir John Monash Centre, Fouilloy, France
You will stand at the Memorial and go up in the tour to have a stunning view on the surrounding battlefields.
Le Hamel, France
You will stand on the German lines and will see from where Sir John Monash launched his troops on 4 July 1918.
Route de la Grande Mine, Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France
You will see the crater, it is the result of an underground explosion triggered on 1 July 1916.
Pozieres, France
You will see the meorial to the 1st Australian Division, the Moo Cow Farm Memorial and the Windmill before heading back to your hotel.
I will pick you up at hotels or train stations in Lille or Arras.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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