Gallipoli peninsula

Wednesday 7 October

Canakkale

leaving Canakkale on the ferry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

arriving on the Gallipoli peninsula

arriving on the Gallipoli peninsula

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This morning we took the car ferry across the Dardanelles ( the strait of water between Canakkale and the Gallipoli peninsula) for our Gallipoli experience. It was a moving experience to be where so many ANZACs had died and also to hear the stories about some of the more personal interactions between the ANZACs and the Turkish soldiers. We visited Ari Burnu ( the first ANZAC landing place), Brighton Beach, the beach cemetery with John Simpson’s grave, ANZAC cove, the Lone Pine Australian memorial and Johnston’s Jolly where the Turkish and Allied trenches and tunnels are still apparent.

message from Ataturk

message from Ataturk

Ari Burnu cemetery

Ari Burnu cemetery

Ari Burnu cemetery

Ari Burnu cemetery

Ari Burnu cliffs

Ari Burnu cliffs

Simpson's grave

Simpson’s grave

Lone pine

Lone Pine Memorial

trenches

trenches

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

trenches

trenches

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

boat off Gallipoli

boat off Gallipoli

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After Gallipoli, we went to Bigali which is where Ataturk’s house has been maintained as a museum.

Bigali

Bigali

 

Bigali

Bigali

 

Bigali

Bigali

Ataturk's house

Ataturk’s house

Ataturk's house

Ataturk’s house