Okay, everybody has their needs and limitations. Whether you are deeply researching your family history. Or maybe you want to get lost like John Monash did. Or maybe you only have a very limited time or budget. We can help. Day Tours - We run our Day Tours out of Istanbul with our local partners Crowded House Tours. They can pick you up from your hotel in Istanbul, you'll arrive in Eceabat in time for lunch and then experience an amazing tour of the main sites in the Anzac Sector. Once finished they will transport you back to Istanbul. You'll be tired, you'll probably sleep your way home but you'll have had an amazing time and a true taste of Gallipoli. Independent and In-Depth. We can arrange the lot. We can do driver/guide options and you'll have the 30 years plus experience of having me along. Over the years we have helped families to research their Gallipoli history and we'll have it all documented before you arrive. You can contact us through this site, or www.experta.com.tr Anyway you do it you'll go home with your own Gallipoli and ANZAC story.
I've wandered these hills, beaches, trenches and gullies for over 30 years. Some might say that makes you blase, but in fact it does not. The battlefield has changed so much since 1915 and in fact since i first walked there in the mid-80s. I decided some years ago that these changes needed to be documented through my art, maybe as some kind of legacy. For one thing is certain.......Nature has won the war started in 1915. Everything changes here by the season. A shipwreck visible only in Winter will be buried in sand in the Summer. Trenches washed by recent rain will uncover relics and remains of 1915. We arrange art inspired tours that take in this amazing beauty. We'll meet the locals and we'll witness sunsets like never before, and usually with a glass of local wine in hand. Bring your family, make up a group. You don't need to be a budding Tom Roberts or Picasso but you'll take home with you memories that will last a lifetime.. My art has been old to buyers all over the world, so please contact me if you'd like a Gallipoli Artist original hanging on your wall. You can also send me your favourite Gallipoli shots and I will do my interpretation of your photograph.
Thrace and the Gallipoli Peninsula has recorded the production and tradition of wine dating back about 4,000 years. That tradition continues today. What better way to experience this ancient place, with it's modern 20th century tragic past than to salute those brave souls that have fought wars here since the days of Troy and the Hellespont. We often combine our Gallipoli experience with the chance to visit some amazing wineries on the peninsula. You can meet the winemakers, the staff, see the vineyards and of course taste the results. We can arrange tastings, try your hand at harvests and of course help you take some home with you. We enjoy and thoroughly recommend Gurbuz Restaurant and Winery in Thrace. Akin Gurbuz and his team produce the most extraordinary wine on the market
Having been a witness to many Dawn Services over the years you seem to forget the old ‘way back when’ ceremonies before the Australian gov’t and the DVA created the security circus that we have today. It was reported that back in 1974 there were only 3 people at the Ari Burnu Dawn Service……. How
The first thing that comes into my head as we round the headland into the sleepy seaside hamlet of Eceabat are the words of Aussie songwriter John Williamson…… “At the Boomerang Cafe, where I first met you…..” Back in 1996 after I’d ventured far from my home in Melbourne. After I’d opened a bar in
A208…… You could not imagine a totally different group of people to those of A101, they had of course all shared a special experience. But once again they all came, or left with their own Anzac Story. One story really needs telling. The Robertson Quest! And Catherine of course…… Graham, Ian and Andrew Robertson and
Everybody has an ANZAC Story. These are some of those stories from the three groups I had the pleasure of being Mat McLachlan’s Historian for. We were given advance information on possible war grave visits and any interesting family history of our clients, but the two stories mentioned below unfolded spontaneously. Please enjoy and send
Before we start…… My problem is that once I start writing, I simply can’t stop. The Anzac Day Centenary brought forth many powerful stories that need telling so please follow as best you can. TGA. I believe that every person who comes to Gallipoli either comes with their own ANZAC Story or will leave with
The Gallipoli Artist, had the great pleasure of viewing Russell Crowe’s latest film effort, ‘The Water Diviner’, Being an avid historian of the Gallipoli Campaign, I found the opening scenes of the final charge of the Turks on 20 December 1915 refreshing compared to other movies on the conflict. As far as I know this
The case of the mystery ANZAC artist! This short article on a painting originating from 1918 by a NZ artist A. A. Forrester. But nobody is sure if it is the more famous (to our Kiwi cousins) Alfred Avery Forrester. Nice painting definitely of the jetty on north Beach looking back towards Shrapnel Valley.