DISQUS

Robin Capper · 3 years ago

The New Zealand Govt have a similar site:

http://www.anzac.govt.nz/
Lee · 3 years ago

Thanks for the update, Robin!
Donna Tocci · 3 years ago

Thanks for the description, Lee. Saw that on my calendar and didn't know what it was.
"Thank you", indeed, to all that you mentioned.
Lee · 3 years ago

You're welcome. And yes, a huge 'thank you' to all that have risked or given their lives for a population that is largely ungrateful.
Allan Jenkins · 3 years ago

Great holiday. I was always impressed driving around Victoria and seeing so many towns with memorial avenues on the way in and out.

But... I hope you dont blame Winnie for Gallipoli.
Lee · 3 years ago

Ahhh... now there's the problem, see.

I loved Winnie in dubya dubya too, but he was a bit of an ass in dubya one and got a lot of good men killed who didn't have to be...

No bigger fan of him in dubya too than me, but dubya one...
Robin Capper · 3 years ago

On the subject of the impact of WW1. I took this photo on a cycle trip in the far South of South Island NZ as it struck me how those events on the other side of the world changed even remote communities. From a tiny rural population 30 men went to war and only 24 returned...

see: http://rcd.typepad.com/personal/2005/04/anzac_d...