Debt of Honour' Anzac Tour 2004 Itinerary
Wed 15 September Depart Mackay - Virgin Airlines DJ 916 at 4.10 pm Arrive Bris - 5.30 pm Depart Bris Thai Airways TG 984 at 10.40 pm
Thailand Thurs 16 September Arrive Bangkok - 5 am. Meet bus and guide (Jack) and drive straight to Kanchanburi. Visit the Bridge on the River Kwai and catch the train from Kanchanaburi up to the Wampo viaduct. Explore the viaduct Lunch at the restaurant near the viaduct. On to the elephant camp to ride elephants. Then to River Kwai Village Hotel overnight. Dinner included.
Friday 17 September To Hellfire Pass - catch bus/truck down to the old Hintok station and walk back to Hellfire Pass over cleared railway route about 3 km. Group memorial service in Hellfire Pass cutting. Climb the stairs up to the Hellfire Pass Museum. On to Home Phu Toey Resort for lunch. Visit Sir Weary Dunlop Museum , Jack Chalker Gallery and replica of a POW camp. Travel back to Kanchanaburi to the Duen Shine Resort.
Saturday 18 September Visit Thai Burma Railway Centre in Kanchanaburi and meet Rod Beattie Cross the road to Kanchanaburi War Cemetery and conduct group service and the individual grave services. Visit Chungkai Cemetery on the outskirts of town. Free time in Kanchanaburi lunch and shopping. Bus back to Bangkok . Drop off at airport. Depart Bangkok at 11.55 pm Lufthansa LH 745
Sunday 19 September Arrive Istanbul Airport 12.50 pm - Lufthansa LH 745 Meet guide Gokalp Kasim - coach to Canakkale. Dinner hotel buffet Hotel Helen
Monday 20 September Morning: To Anzac Cove stop off at Gaba Tepe Museum area (no museum today) to explain the terrain to students. To Anzac Cove Ari Burnu Point Ataturk Memorial. Students to walk along beach down to Beach Cemetery . Walk back to Ari Burnu and around point to Anzac Commemorative Site. Bus north to Hill 60 area. View ridges from here. Back around to Eceabat via Bigali. Lunch in Eceabat. Ferry back to Canakkale - free afternoon Dinner hotel buffet
Tuesday 21 September To Anzac Cove stop off at Gaba Tepe Museum students to visit museum. To Shrapnel Valley Cemetery and walk to Plugge's Plateau. Packed lunch at Shrapnel Valley Cemetery . Bus up to Lone Pine. Explore the cemetery and surrounding area. Walk to Johnstone's Jolly and Australian trenches at Lone Pine. Down track to 4 th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery & Braund's Hill. Drive along 2 nd Ridge past Quinn's Post Cemetery. Stop at Turkish Cemetery . On to Nek Cemetery . Explore area & walk down to Walker 's Ridge. Back to ferry to Canakkale. Rest of afternoon free. Dinner hotel buffet
Wednesday 22 September Commemorations day. To Anzac Cove. Straight to Lone Pine Memorial group commemorative service. Quinn's Post Cemetery 2 grave commemorations. Drive up to Baby 700 Cemetery and on to Chunik Bair. Explore area and have packed lunch. Back to 2 nd Ridge. Walk from Lone Pine down to Shell Green Cemetery and on to Shrapnel Valley Cemetery (grave commemoration). Walk on to Beach Cemetery (grave commemoration). Another walk along Anzac Cove. Have a swim at the Anzac Commemorative Site. Back to ferry to Canakkale Dinner hotel buffet
Thursday 23 September Pre dawn start. Catch ferry before dawn to Anzac Cove to experience dawn on the beach. Back to Canakkale and hotel for breakfast. Free morning. Students to organise own lunch. After lunch ferry across to Eceabat. To Kilitbahir Forts. On to Cape Helles visit Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery grave commemoration. Visit Cape Helles British Memorial / French Cemetery / Turkish Memorial. Up to Anzac Cove (Ari Burnu) to watch the sunset say goodbye to Anzac. Back to ferry to Canakkale late dinner at hotel buffet
Friday 24 September To Troy explore the ancient ruins. Check out the forts at Dardanos. Back to Canakkale for lunch free afternoon prepare for late evening departure from hotel. Dinner hotel buffet Evening (approx. 23.00 hours) leave hotel to travel overnight to Istanbul Airport .
France / Belgium Saturday 25 September Depart Istanbul Airport 8.05 am Lufthansa LH3353 Arrive Munich Airport 9.35 am Depart Munich Airport 10.50 am Lufthansa LH4244 Arrive Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport 12.25 pm Head north to Amiens & Somme region Bypass Amiens to the south and visit 3 cemeteries to the north west and north of Amiens :
Back into Amiens to hotel Central Anzac Dinner students to buy in Amiens
Sunday 26 September Breakfast hotel Meet up with Yves Fohlen To Australian National Memorial for group commemorative service Cemetery to visit on the way out:
On to Australian National Memorial group memorial service and grave commemoration. Visit Hamel Memorial. Cemetery visits:
Visit Victoria Primary School and Australian museum. Back into Amiens for lunch (students to buy). Free afternoon and evening. Dinner students to buy.
Monday 27 September Breakfast hotel Full day on the Somme Battlefields + cemetery visits:
To Lochnagar Crater at La Boiselle.
On to Pozieres stop and visit Australian 1 st Division Memorial. Then out to Thiepval Memorial before heading further along to Newfoundland Park . Back to Albert for lunch. Then back to Pozieres and visit Windmill Memorial Then:
Head back south through to Longueval and on to Delville Wood Memorial. • Hem Farm Cemetery Into Peronne. Visit Australian 2 nd Division Memorial and: • Peronne Communal Cemetery To Formule 1 at Asservillers Dinner restaurant
Tuesday 28 September Breakfast hotel Cemetery visits in the morning: • Templeux-le-Guerard Communal Cemetery Extension • Ronssoy Communal Cemetery • American Somme Cemetery • Red Cross Corner Cemetery • Morchies Australian Cemetery • HAC Cemetery Into the village of Bullecourt to visit Jean Letaille's private museum and the Australian Digger sculpture. Lunch with Claude and Collette Durand at the next village of Hendecourt . Afternoon head north to Belgian border Cemeteries on the way:
After cemetery visit, students will have time to buy some dinner. Out to Formule 1 Hotel near Bailleul
Wednesday 29 September Breakfast hotel To Ieper Cemetery visits on the way:
To village of Mesen (Messines) and visit church On to Ieper to accommodation Gasthof T'zweerd in Groote Markt. After lunch group walk to Menin Gate and then along Ramparts to Ramparts Cemetery . Rest of the fternoon is free. 5pm Group commemorative service at Menin Gate at Australian plaque next to memorial with Ivan & Marie Claire Sinnaeve, Johan and Hilde Durnez & Anny De Decker. 6.30pm Dinner (all) at Gasthof included. 8 pm Last Post Service students involved wreath laying & Ode.
Thursday 30 September Breakfast hotel Head east out of Ieper along Menin Rd. Cemetery visits:
To Hill 60 memorial area.
To Polygon Wood and Buttes New British Cemetery / 5 th Division Memorial. Explore cemetery and wood and have packed lunch at De Dreve pub on the corner of the wood. To Tyne Cot Cemetery . To Langemark and visit the German Cemetery . Head back towards Ieper and stop at the town of Sint Jan to visit the house of Shrapnel Charlie' to view a display of making metal soldiers out of shrapnel. Back to Ieper rest of the day free. Dinner students to buy.
Friday 1 October Breakfast hotel Travel to Paris via cemeteries on the French coast West to Poperinghe. Cemetery visit:
On to Paris to accommodation Hotel Arley in Rue Vialla (near Eiffel Tower). Paris Saturday 2 October Breakfast hotel Morning visit to the Eiffel Tower Afternoon - catch the train out to the Palace of Versailles . Back into Paris in the late afternoon - some general sightseeing + some shopping Explore the area around the hotel for a good place for dinner students to buy.
Sunday 3 October Breakfast hotel More exploring of Paris :
Dinner - group dinner + birthday parties at a Paris restaurant - kitty
Monday 4 October Breakfast included hotel Charter bus to Paris Disney In afternoon, get bus back to Charles De Gaulle Airport Depart CDG 7.25 pm Lufthansa LH 4229 Arrive Frankfurt 8.45 pm Depart Frankfurt 10.10 pm Lufthansa LH 778
Tuesday 5 October Arrive Singapore Airport 3.55 pm Shopping at the airport Depart Singapore 9.15 pm Singapore Airlines SQ235
Wednesday 6 October Arrive Brisbane - 6.30 am Transit train to domestic terminal. Depart Brisbane 8.30 am - Virgin Airlines DJ 913 Arrive Mackay 10 am
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