Gallipoli

Posted by Mike McDermott on Apr 25, 2012; 1:47am
URL: http://sundownersadventures.385.s1.nabble.com/Gallipoli-tp5663673.html

This Anzac Day, the focus in Australia on Gallipoli seems stronger than ever. I guess it will continue to built up to the centenary in 2015, and maybe beyond.

Remember when we used to camp on Anzac Beach, and the deep impression the place made on most of us?

There's a picture I put in the Capricorn section of indiaoverland.biz which was taken at Anzac Cove in 1979, and later made it into a Sundowners' brochure. Capricorn's Carl was the driver on the India side of that trip, and Sundowner's Budgie was on the other.

I wonder how much of a part our tours played in the rise to prominence that Gallipoli has had in the years since? Peter Weir's 1981 movie Gallipoli clearly played a major role, but maybe the word of mouth reports of all our punters played a role as well. Obviously that's unprovable, but given the impression it made I think it's quite plausible that our tours played a major role as well.

Mike