AMAZING, beautiful and moving – that's how visitors have described the Spirit of Anzac exhibition which has drawn thousands to Wodonga since it opened on Friday.
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The $35 million exhibition, which tells the story of Australia's involvement in World War I, has been averaging 2500 visitors each day.
Retired brigadier Alison Creagh, who is overseeing the touring show, has been delighted with the reception.
"We've had amazing feedback," Ms Creagh said.
"I think people have found it very moving, they've found it very informative and they're impressed with the amount of detail, but also the way it is put together."
An audio guide assists visitors, with machine gun fire sounding as patrons enter mocked up trenches.
The chronological display starts in newly federated Australia and travels to Egypt, Gallipoli and the Western Front.
It covers three basketball courts at the Wodonga Sports and Leisure Centre.
The high-tech approach impressed Marea Urquhart, who joined her husband Alan in travelling 90 minutes from their Lockhart home.
"I thought it was just going to be plaques on the wall and a few physical displays and a fair bit of reading," Mrs Urquhart said.
"I didn't expect it would have all the visual effects and sound effects.
"We found it very worthwhile and we were impressed."
Albury lawyer Tony Brandt was bedazzled.
"The technology was extraordinary and it was brilliantly put together,” Mr Brandt said.
"It was one of the best things I've seen produced in Australia."
Those who have responded to the exhibition's Facebook page have peppered their comments with amazing, fantastic, touching, brilliant and beautiful.
"I teared up more than once and would happily go and see this again," Wodonga's Michelle Coolahan Brown wrote.
"My decades of experience with Australian military history organisations and military museums made me cast an analytical eye over everything and it came up trumps," Albury's Nigel Horne remarked.
Ms Creagh said slots were still available to see the exhibition on Wednesday and Thursday.
She urged visitors to book through the Spirit of Anzac website and encouraged those who have booked and are unable to attend to notify them.
About 300 visitors are able to attend at any one time.
The Australian War Memorial display ends on Thursday with its dismantling expected to take four days.
Ten semi-trailers will then haul the exhibits to Tasmania with the next leg of the tour to open in Launceston on September 26.
Its final stop is Sydney in April, 2017.
We've had a fantastic response from the Albury-Wodonga region
- Alison Creagh