ANZAC Day

The dawn service began at 5.30am. The silence that fell across a crowd of over 10,000 pilgrims was amazing. The silence was broken by the sound of the waves crashing along the beach quietly. It was really quite errie.

At the completion of this service we divided ourselves into the Aussies and New Zealanders to attend the appropriati location of either Lone Pine or Chunuk Bair. This service beg that about 12pm and was a little less formal with people being able to share with them the stories and items of Gallipoli. The elderly gentleman from our bus group had being carried with him a 100 year old original map of Gallipoli feeling that belonged to father inlaw.
This memorable day ended up being 36 hrs long beginning with our arrival on the 24th. There was very little food or drink supplied throughout the day and everyone was beginniing to get a little frustrated.  We finally got back to our accommodation, in Cannakkal, at 11pm on the 25th and were told that there was a meal waiting in the dining room.