Latest Anzac Day

• Visiting Gallipoli or France for Anzac Day?

  

  If you are attending the Anzac Day dawn service in Gallipoli or France, it’s important that you come prepared. Here’s what you need to know for your trip.

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• Anzac Day: Not just for the Anzacs?

  

  Gallipoli is a name synonymous with Australia and New Zealand. However, it also involved troops from around the world, leaving a marked impact on these countries too.

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• Anzac Day is here again

  

  ANZAC DAY – 25 April – is always a big day for Australians and New Zealanders in London. For many of us, it’s a nice reminder of home and what it really means to be an Aussie or a Kiwi, whilst the rest of London goes about another busy day.

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• The going down of the sun is not a time to party

  

  Since Christmas became The Festive Season, and Australia Day became Invasion Day/Bogan Day/Hottest 100 Day (depending on your tolerance of cultural cringe), commemorating one’s religious beliefs or sense of national pride is no longer as clearcut as it used to be.

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• Australians to commemorate Anzac Day in London

  

  Thousands of Australians and New Zealanders are expected to gather in London at a dawn service on Hyde Park Corner, on Wednesday morning, to commemorate Anzac Day.

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• Experiencing an Anzac Dawn at Gallipoli

  

  ANZAC DAY | 25 April. 1915. It’s dawn and boats carrying Australian and New Zealand soldiers land on the beach of what is now known as Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey.

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• Australia on the Western Front, 1916-1918

  

  ANZAC DAY | Wednesday 19 July, 1916. It was a warm, bright early evening in northern France, on the Armentières Sector of the Western Front. Australian troops were readying themselves in earnest.

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• Keeping the Anzac Day spirit alive

  

  ANZAC DAY | What makes a trip to Gallipoli for Anzac Day so special for so many Australians?

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• Anzac Day at Gallipoli: what you need to know

  

  Each year thousands of Aussie and Kiwi visitors make the journey to Gallipoli, Turkey, to reflect on the sacrifice of the Anzacs. To make the most of the Anzac Day experience at Gallipoli, it is important to come prepared.

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• Gallipoli – Why we cross the world for Anzac Day

  

  Dave O’Neill joins the thousands of Aussies and Kiwis in Gallipoli to commemorate Anzac Day.

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• Plan your trip to Turkey now

  

  Exotic Turkey conjures up visions of sultans and harems, belly-dancers, spectacular Roman ruins, Gallipoli and the poignant ANZAC campaign, sun-kissed beaches and the stunning landscape of Cappadocia.

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• Diggers sipped rum, not beer, at Gallipoli

  Australians are renowned for their love of beer, but it was actually enemy combatants at Gallipoli who sipped fermented hops between gunfire, archaeologists have found.

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• Gallipoli: From foes to friends

  The battle at Gallipoli is truly a unique tale – it’s a story of warring sides who became friends when the fighting ended. In total, 26,111 casualties resulted from Gallipoli, including 8709 deaths. Now, thousands of Aussies make the pilgrimage each year to commemorate Anzac Day.

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• Win a trip to Western France this ANZAC Day!

  How will you be commemorating ANZAC Day this year? How about heading to the Western Front in France with specialist youth tour operator Topdeck?

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• Gallipoli – Lest we forget on Anzac Day

  The calmness and serenity of the cove is as deceptive today as it was to the ANZACs nearly a century ago. The blanket of mist, a gentle reminder of the great courage and sacrifice that once took place here. In total, 26,111 casualties resulted from Gallipoli, including 8709 deaths. It was also here that a nation was reborn.

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• A Gallipoli pilgrimage

  Topdeck Travel Festivals Manager Amelia Lawrence makes a pilgrimage to Gallipoli, to remember the fallen ANZACs.

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• Report from the Gallipoli frontline on Anzac Day

  Thousands of Australians gathered in Gallipoli for the Dawn Service of the 95th Anniversary ANZAC Day, the experience which proved an emotional and moving.

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• Travel update: Good news for Aussie travellers as ANZAC day draws nearer

  Australian ANZAC pilgrims finally received some good news today as flights from Australia to Europe resumed following the clearance of the ash cloud.

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• ANZAC Day terrorist attack warning

  Terrorist attacks during this year’s ANZAC Day services in Turkey are possible according to the Australian government.

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• Spending ANZAC day in France, not Gallipoli?

  After the Gallipoli campaign finished, our ANZAC soldiers went on to fight for two years in horrendous conditions in France and Belgium

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