Walking the Gallipoli Peninsula: Making the Most of Your Visit to the Battlefields

Tony Wright stuffed a copy of his great-uncle George's Gallipoli diary into his backpack and set out from Sydney to discover how and why thousands of young Australians and New Zealanders make the trek to the Gallipoli Peninsula every year. Walking on... Read more

Tony Wright stuffed a copy of his great-uncle George's Gallipoli diary into his backpack and set out from Sydney to discover how and why thousands of young Australians and New Zealanders make the trek to the Gallipoli Peninsula every year. Walking on the Gallipoli Peninsula is the moving, inspiring and very practical result—a roadmap to the heart of the Gallipoli experience. Anyone who has ever dreamed of traveling to Turkey and walking the battlefields so seared in the Australian and New Zealand consciousness will find this a useful guide to making the most of their visit. It is likely that before you have reached the last chapter you will feel like packing your own bag, because this is a travel adventure so entertaining and informative that it wills the reader to follow the author's every footstep. Less