It was National Day of Truth & Reconciliation, public holiday, so Sunday service on buses and museums are free. We used the buses which were good except for a lot roadworks closing the stops & you had to pay cash. The museum was good too.
Disaster early 20th Century, nearly 2000 dead, many unidentified & buried in communal grave. Titanic? no, this was the SS Mont Blanc & SS Imo collision in the harbour. It's a long story but the Mont Blanc was full of explosives & the collision started a fire & the whole lot went up in the biggest man made explosion to that date. Huge pieces of the ship were found 3 miles away. It looked to be the Imo's fault to me but the inquiry did not find it so. They blamed the guy lifting the anti-submarine net!
The Titanic passengers were brought here & they are buried in the same cemetery. The grave stones take the form of a ships bows in their arrangement. Many of the dead were unidentified but following the meticulous record keeping of the coroner, little Sid Goodwin was finally identified. Bless.
The public gardens and the boardwalk on the waterfront are really great. You see Cunard was a Nova Scotian.
Failed to sample a Donair. Lin enjoying a Titanic deck chair
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