The rain was pouring down but that didn't stop hundreds of royal watchers from turning out to see the Queen at the Australian War Memorial yesterday.
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The crowd was decked out in raincoats and lined the barricades outside the War Memorial.
The excitement for some started at the sight of the police cars rounding on to Anzac Parade with the Queen's motorcade following soon after.
They clapped and cheered as the Queen arrived, cameras flashing and flags waving as they greeted the Queen and Prince Philip with all the enthusiasm they had for the start of the royal visit.
The rain stopped only for a moment as the Queen emerged from the car but soon started back up again.
A line of flower girls - and boys - were pulled from the crowd while the Queen was inside, each one of them smaller and more delighted to be chosen than the next.
Each child was greeted with a smile when the monarch emerged.
The excited crowd followed the Queen's progress as she made her way down the flower line.
''I've got a picture of the Queen. I've finally got one,'' one young photographer was heard yelling as the Queen passed her by.
One royal watcher who was small enough to squeeze through the crowd to see the Queen was Bella the corgi whose owner, Judy Woods, brought the dog along with her to watch.
''Bella needed a walk,'' Ms Woods said.
''But really, my daughter and I wanted to bring Lewis [Ms Woods' grandson] to see the Queen.''
From ''Gundaroo via Tottenham'', came the Myers and the Sheehans.
The family even brought ''high tea'' with them, pouring the very English beverage from a silver teapot into mugs adorned with Prince William and Kate Middleton's faces.
''We're Elizabethans, not royalists,'' Andrew Sheehan said.
The Queen was at the memorial to pay tribute to Australia's war dead, laying a red wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier before inspecting the Roll of Honour.
It was the Queen's last public event in Canberra before flying out for Melbourne and then on to Perth today.