On the peak of the
Sugarloaf at Apsley, in the picturesque Jordan
Valley, stands an imposing white cross.
The cross is a memorial to the members of an RAAF bomber crew who
lost their lives over
Germany
in January, 1944. It is
visible against a blue sky for several kilometres.
The view from the hill is one of great beauty and serenity with
sheep grazing contentedly in the paddocks below.
Northwards over the remnants of the Apsley township, and beyond
the fertile river flats of the Jordan Valley,
the distinctive flat top of
Table
Mountain is visible,
covered in a cloth of snow in winter.
To the south, one looks past fertile land to
Mount
Wellington which towers over the city
of Hobart.
The timbered hills rise sharply on the eastern and western sides
of the valley. On recent
maps of the area, the Sugarloaf is now called Memorial Hill.
Catherine Ackland,
The Memorial Cross
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