After arriving in Cannakale yesterday we had an early breakfast where we wished Mr Washbourne a Happy Birthday then continued packing all the necessary items for camping at Gallipoli that night. We caught the ferry across back into Europe, docking at Ecebat. We boarded the bus and began our journey towards Anzac Cove, driving all the way through to the New Zealand War Memorial, Chunuk Bair, where Mr Croft organised to lay a wreath with Tyler at the service tomorrow. From here we started our eight kilometre walk down to ANZAC Cove.
After Braydee took a fall on Artillery Road and injured her knee, we stopped at Shell Green Cemetery for lunch. Here we admired the surrounding view of the peninsular and learned the story of the Albert and Roy Facey, and about the book that Albert wrote, detailing his experiences during the Gallipoli campaign. The book is called "A Fortunate Life". We continued our trek down the hill, where further down we stopped in at Beach Cemetery. Here we visited the grave of John Simpson who is well known by the story of 'Simpson and his Donkey.' We then continued down the road where the line for the ANZAC Day Dawn Ceremony had already begun to form. This was at 2:30pm, and we began a long wait, which lasted many hours, to secure a good spot to camp out for the night. During the wait some of the students were filmed kicking the footy by the 7 News Network. Finally at 6 p.m we were all clear to enter and after passing through security, we made a mad dash to grab the best spot possible. With all of our sleeping bags laid out closely, we all rugged up for a night of entertainment, reflection and historical importance. We are now eagerly awaiting the ANZAC Dawn Service which should prove to be an incredibly moving experience.
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