Gallipoli crowds down ahead of centenary

Fears that people would stay away from Anzac services at Gallipoli in the hope they'd be able to attend the 2015 centenary commemorations have proven true.
The official crowd of a little over 5200 in 2013 is down 15 percent on last year's attendance of 6000.
In 2011, about 6500 pilgrims, mainly Australians and New Zealanders, travelled to the Gallipoli peninsula to pay their respects to the war dead.
Australia's director of the 2015 commemoration, the Department of Veterans Affairs' Tim Evans, this week said it was likely people could stay away because they wanted to attend the 100th anniversary.
However, Melbourne woman Jessica Hills, 24, is at Anzac Cove today precisely because she was put off by the controversial ballot which will limit places to 8000 Australians and 2000 New Zealanders in 2015.
"There's no guarantee of a spot," she said ahead of the dawn service.