Our tour started when we arrived at Anzac Cove at 6pm the night before ANZAC day. We all piled into Anzac Cove with 4400 others and slept the night on the cove the Anzac soldiers arrived on. Over night they played lots of documentaries and speeches about the ANZACs, and those that could got a little sleep.
At 5.30 Anzac morning we were woken for the dawn Ceremony.
We then walked 6.3 km to Chunuk Bair - which is where the NZ memorial is. On the way we past many trenches and grave sites that have been preserved to remember the soldiers that died in the war.
Around lunch time we were let into Chunuk Bair where we watched the NZ ceremony.
We were very thankful to be in Gallipoli for ANZAC day - it was very special to be part of the ceremonies and made us very proud to be New Zealanders!!
Govener General laying a wreath on behalf of all New Zealanders.
Shaun and Kiwi were famous!! Lots of people wanted to take photos of them!!
Kiwi, Matt and Shaun down one of the trenches.
Hello Miss Grant, Shaun and Kiwi
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had an amazing experience at Gallipoli for Anzac Day. You would have learnt a lot more about what happened by just being there. It must have been quite an emotional time. Your photos are really interesting and we like how you have added Shaun and Kiwi into some of them! Where in the world are you now and what have you been up too? We have lots of new technology in our class that we are using for our learning...we are saving lots of paper!! Hope you are enjoying yourself and you are well.
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The Totara team :)