All of us on this wander have something to add perhaps a quote to read, a paragraph or two, stories from their hometown veteran or regiment.
Category: Gallipoli Thread 2025
Yonder Toward the Dardanelles
Reds and whites stand out against layers of centuries old merchant fleets. With the green but dry Gallipoli Peninsula in the background another freighter compass point moves along.
Alinteri Words of the Day
Burnt branches litter the ground and in the near distance the sound of chainsaws and falling timber dry crackles its way to the ground.
Can You Hear the Music
The trauma still remains in these grounds and waters… though we repeatedly remind ourselves to never let this carnage happen again…
Prickles and Ants That Bite!
Distant images first and then to the panel in the far left corner – nearest to the memorial – AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE / 10TH REGIMENT…
Really Big Events
Introduction Be safe. You begin…and I go to sleep. Rosemary’s message. (Time difference: 10 hours) Day Two (16 September): Helles 1 After the Dardanelles ferry crossing, our first in-depth stop is a review of the Dardanelles naval attacks with focus on the disastrous 18 March 1915 tumult. Onshore, Ottoman batteries, as well as newly laid […]
Sleep A Challenge
Each day I scavenged time to scratch down notes – on the ferry, the bus, at lunch, in the hotel…review, edit, markup, read, re-read, change and so on.