When I went walkabout I wasn't as far from Balmain as I'd thought. In fact I'd come out pretty much where the Anzac Bridge appears on the Rozelle part of Sydney. We drove past the very spot today. The bridge was designed by Percy Allan and opened on December 3, 1995 to relieve traffic congestion. It carries eight lanes of traffic, a cycle path and pedestrian walk way. It takes 30-40 minute to walk across it. The bridge was given its current name on Remembrance Day in 1998 to honour the memory of the soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who served in World War I. A bronze statue of an Aussie soldier (or "digger") faces a Kiwi one at the Western end.
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