The Bublacowie Military Museum and Memorial is a museum/ merorial that was created by Chris Soar and his late wife Enid.The museum was built on two acres of land to perpetuate memories of the sacrifices made by so many in all conflicts and to help pur young learn of our military history. The owner and curator of the museum himself is a Malay and Vietnam veteran.
The things that captured my attention in the museum was the 30 mm Aden Gun that was on display and I even got to touch and feel its bullet. The weapon was fitted to a Sabre Jet Aircraft and there would be three of them attached to each aircraft. The cyclic rate of fire is 500 rounds per minute but the actual rate of fire is in short bursts only. This means that one plane would fire 1500 rounds per minute at it's target and not only that the planes fly in gruops of around three so there would actually be 45,000 rounds being fired per minute.The particluaer dun which was on display was found in the paddocks near Renmark and was restored by Chris Biddle. It was originaly on display in Whyalla at the Air FOrce Cadet Unit and it eventually found it's way to the Bublacowie Military Museum and Memorial, kindly donated by Chris Biddle in August 2006.
I think the Bublacowie Military Museum and Memorial is an incredable place to visit I learnt so much of Australia's history and heritage in sucha short amount of time in ttremendous amounts of detail and the best part was that it was really engaging and interactive. I also think it is important to respect the wishes and rights of the people's items and ashes which are kept there as it must mean a lot for them. I also think that for a malay and vietnam veteran to build australia's third biggest militray museum with his wife.
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