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Picking up at Arras railway station or your hotel, the Somme day tour visits the momentous locations of the War's most infamous campaign, from the disasters of the 1st july 1916 to the attrition of the autumn. You will visit the must see sights, trenches, mine craters, learn about the weapons, communications and mining. In the morning we concentrate on the 1918 battles around Amiens and includes a visit to the Australian Memorial to the Missing at Villers Bretonneux and The Sir John Monash Centre. If you have a relative or a particular interest we can build that into your itinerary, using the latest GPS software you will literally walk in the footsteps of heros.
Please wait at the glass doors at the station entrance.
09:00 AM
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
Explore this amazing new visitors centre and learn about Australia's commitment to the Great War.
2 Hours • Admission Ticket Free
You will see the Victoria School built with money raised by the people of Victoria. We will also visit the Museum above the school.
30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Your guide will explain the tactics and battlefield where Monash commanded Australian and American troops on the 4th July, you will also visit the Memorial.
30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
You will see the Memorial en route to Albert
• Admission Ticket Free
Learn all about the mining in WW1, you will see the largest mine crater on the Somme as we begin to follow the path of the soldiers along Sausage Vally to the German second line at Pozieres
10 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
See the remnants of the Gibraltar Blockhouse, captured by the 2nd Battalion AIF on the 25th July 1916, learn about the offensives to take the German positions.
15 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
The highest point on the ridge, you will see how important this position was and what it cost to take it. You will see the remains of the Windmill captured by the 2nd Division and the War Animals Memorial and Pozieres field of Remembrance. You will also hear abut the roll of Tanks and see the Tank Memorial.
15 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
One farm, six weeks, ten thousand casulaties
10 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
You will visit the interpretation centre at Thiepval and see the British Memorial to the Missing for the 1916 Battle of the Somme
45 Minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Here you will walk through preserved trenches from the 1916 Battle of the Somme, hear about the offensives on the 1st July and the 13th November when the area was captured. Your guide will explain the tactics used and why things went so badly on the 1st July.
30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
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