Revisiting Dao Thanh’s Grave at Stenhouse Bay

22/01/2015 / Uncategorized

During our recent camping trip to the Yorke Peninsula we went back to the grave of Dao Thanh, the Vietnamese sailor on whom “Glass Tears” is based.

I took some photos looking across the top of the cliff and across the bay to where the grave is.

 

If you find the first jetty pylon and move your eye up the cliff you can just see the fence around the grave on the edge of the cliff.
If you find the first jetty pylon and move your eye up the cliff you can just see the fence around the grave on the edge of the cliff.
A closer view. Not bad real estate!
A closer view. Not bad real estate!
View across the bay from the grave.
View across the bay from the grave.
Headstone
Headstone
Markings on headstone
Markings on headstone

I am not really sure what these markings mean or represent. If anyone knows I would love to find out.

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If I ever get to travel to Vietnam I would love to find out more about Dao Thanh’s family.

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2 thoughts on “Revisiting Dao Thanh’s Grave at Stenhouse Bay”

  2. BTW I visited his grave when I was about 8 years old. I’m now 70. Yesterday I took the trip from Marion Bay right around to Browns Beach. The scenery is even more spectacular than I remember. My husband and I took many fishing trips there before he passed away in 2011. In fact his last trip was in March 2011. I wanted to give him one more memory to take with him. Happy times. Leone

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