We got up very very early.

Our bus and driver

There were more dramas with FEZ as we got a new bus and there were people on our bus that weren’t even booked with Fanatics - we even had one kiwi with us.

George - "A Token Kiwi" (two photos)--- George Tanya

Poor fella…we ended up calling him Token (as in Token Kiwi) most of the time and he was great fun!
Needless to say Ledge was quite pissed as he had no idea about it until we went to get on the bus.

As we were driving through Istanbul the luggage compartment doors flew open and were sticking out like wings.
Despite us yelling the driver kept going and we are so lucky that we didn’t take out any cars on the way by as they were so close.

The scenery in the county was so different but it was great to the see the ocean again even if it was far too cold to swim in it!

Picking up luggage from the roadside! (two photos)

As we were driving along the highway the luggage doors flew open again and this time bags came out.
The driver took a while to stop again and then had to go back and get the bags.
They were ripped and torn and lucky mine wasn’t one of them.
Another good thing was that my bag didn’t fall out and it was small enough to fit up in the bus so it rode with me for the rest of the trip!

We eventually got to Eceabat which was our destination.

"The Vegemite Bar"

We drove past the Vegemite Bar to the RSL.

Turkish flag "painted on a hill"

There was also a massive Turkish flag painted on the hill in bright red.
It was a great sight - not real sure what it is for though!

We had lunch at the Eceabat RSL which was quite good.
Chips and sausages and salad and chicken.

We then got back in the bus to go out to the Peninsula.

"Where our boys should have landed - no cliffs here!!!"

We drove past a nice flat area of beach which was where our boys were supposed to land.

"Where they landed - check out the cliffs!!!" (two photos)

Postcard from Tanya

Then the bus stopped at ANZAC Cove.

Tanya on top of the cliffs (two photos)

It was a really strange feeling being there and there were a few tears.

Lee Tanya Laura

I ran in to Bob and Jenny, Lee and Laura, and Karen and Jason that day.
They were just wandering around like I was.

Jo from our group climbed down the big cliffs and picked up a bag of rocks from ANZAC Cove.
She gave us all a few each so I have them at home.

(two photos) Looking through the cemeterys (two photos)

The cemeteries were so sad, the soldiers so young.

KE Green---- EG Clark---- W Crispin

The inscriptions on the graves were sad to read.

Despite the number of people it was really quiet.

The Memorial at ANZAC Cove (three photos)

---Tanya at The Memorial and cemetery---

Memorial placed by Ataturk

We went to the museum which was very interesting.
It was only small but there were letters from soldiers to their families.
There were the photos of three brothers who all died together.
There were old guns and artillery and there was also a shoe with the foot bone still in it!

Jo Tanya Dave Tash

We went back to the RSL and had dinner.
It was exactly what we had for lunch and stone cold.
I didn’t eat the chicken.
It just seemed too dodgy and potentially salmonella filled for me!
More dry bread for me!