Saturday, July 02, 2011

Beloved East Coast: Been to Tugu Australia Balikpapan?

foto2 ini saya ambil kemarin pas ke lapangan Merdeka sama anak2.. ya iyalah, emang lokasi Tugu Australia ini pas di bundaran lapangan Merdeka balikpapan.. :)

a bit about Australia in Balikpapan in old days

jadi kenapa ada yang namanya Tugu Australia di Balikpapan, tugu ini didirikan untuk menghormati dan memperingati meninggalnya sekitar 229 tentara Australia dan New Zealand dalam peristiwa pertempuran membebaskan Pulau Kalimantan dari pendudukan Jepang di Balikpapan.. dan peristiwa itu sendiri diperingati setiap tanggal 25 April oleh warga Australia yang tinggal di Balikpapan.. mereka menyebut peristiwa pertempuran di pantai Balikpapan ini sebagai Australian and New Zealand Army Day atau Hari Pahlawan Australia..

standing still and well taken care until now, the pride of Australian in Balikpapan it's the plate where you can read the whole history of what happened in 1945 in Balikpapan
the right side next to the map of Borneo Island, the story written in Indonesian, in the other side it's in English
the map of Borneo Island and the numbers of how many people died during the battle


4 comments:

  1. such a lovely small city yak...
    jaman dulu orang demen banget bikin tugu peringatan. it must be the high appreciation, coz it will remain there for everlasting story.

    aku suka liat poto2 jepretanmu :D *mulai nabung buat beli kamera*

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  2. makasi apresiasinya ciiin, thanks for extroverted your thought about this post wkwkwkk <--- quote stolen from tjahaju :D

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  3. wah apikk... photo nya pake kamera apa mba.. atau di edit dulu..

    hasilnya seperti kamera lomo

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  4. masa si?? saya jadi GR.. hehehe.. pake kamera digital aja, iya diedit dikit, vintage touch.. :D

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