Today we ventured back to the Gallipoli Peninsula to explore the battlefields and war memorials. We started off at ANZAC Cove where we held our own private ceremony in honour of those who fought at Gallipoli. We layed a wreath on the shore of the beach where 94 years ago the troops landed and had a minute silence to remember them. This service was pherhaps the most moving yet as it was on those very beaches that Australian identity and nationhood was born.
Along the coastline graves we saw John Simpson's grave (the man with the donkey) which was very special as he was a hero to fellow Australian soldiers. As we journeyed to the top points of the Peninsula where battles in the war took place we went to a WW1 mueseum and looked at war equipment, soldiers body parts and clothing items, and photographs. We were shocked to come across a soldiers skull with a bullet in it's forehead.
Other sites that we visited included; The Nek; Shrapnell Valley; Quins Post; Lone Pine; The Turkish and New Zealand Memorials; and Ari Burnu.
Sam and Stacey signing out =D (hey Teah =P) (i love you mum)
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