We stayed at Canakkale and next morning left early for the Gallipoli Peninsula. It was a very emotional time for all the Australians on the trip. Rashid, our guide, gave use a very interesting account of the battles. It is such a peaceful park now, but by the end of the campaign 130,000 men were dead.
The view from the ferry across the Dardenelles Strait to the Gallipoli Peninsula and the Gallipoli National Historic Park.
One of the Commonwealth War Graves sites near Anzac Cove.
Some of the Australian war graves.
When the allied troops had the first memorial on the Peninsula, these are the famous and moving words of peace and reconciliation by Ataturk.
ANZAC Cove where the ill fated Allied landing was made on 25th April 1915.
The steep cliffs of Ariburnu which they climbed.
The Lone Pine cemetery.
This view of the back of Ariburnu cliffs shows that even if the Anzacs managed to take the cliffs there was another gully and cliff ahead of them before they could reach the top of the peninsula.
Wild rosemary, the plant of remembrance.
Remains of the trenches.
A man and his granddaughter at the cemetery and monument for the officers and soldiers of the Ottoman regiment lead by Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk).
Ataturk, venerated by the Turks as a military leader, statesman and the father of modern Turkey.
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