Anzac Day - Monuments

Now first things first - the photo I wanted in the last blog is the one below. Note the keeping of the facade but the remainder of the building being 'gutted'. Upon spending sometime there this afternoon (Bondi Junction, Sydney) it is fair to say that keeping the facade and 'shop fronts'  does demonstrate clearly the history of the street prior to the higher density now able to be justified to be built.

The second photo shows a building 200metres down the street (which caught my eye), again the facade of the previous building being kept.

Now on the topic of todays blog - Anzac Day and monuments. Tomorrow being 25 April marks Anzac Day in Australia (and in New Zealand too!). Monuments for this day can be seen throughout every city in Australia. From 10 foot monuments to the one in the photo below which was built in the 30's situated in Hyde Park, Sydney. The day acknowledges the services of our armed serviceman and women in conflicts abroad.

25 April, 1915 marked the landing of Australian and New Zealand troops at Gallipoli. The peninsula has been kept as a reserve to commentate the fallen troops of both sides of the conflict. Back in 1915 the areas was under the control of the Ottoman Empire and was defended from an Allied invasion to control the entrance into the Black Sea very well by Ataturk. Apologies to our Turkish friends for this incident. We should of stayed on the boats...

The monuments at Gallipoli are a somber place as many people have been there know. Photo below quotes Ataturk attempting to comfort the mothers of lost sons at the peninsula. 

See you soon.

Josh