Anzac Day.

“Those heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives … you are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no differences between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lay side by side here in this country of ours … You, the mothers who sent their sons from faraway places, wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace.

After having lost their lives in this land they have become our sons as well.”

Attributed to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Commander of the Ottoman forces at the Dardenells  in WW1 and later the founder of modern Turkey.

pic is of unmarked graves at a cemetery near Gallipoli.

Geoff

everyone has their time.

yesterday, north narrabeen

Something is not right here .. in fact it’s horribly wrong.

the last great treasure hunt

good luck

it beeps

it takes a woman to outSmart a man.

stuey

the last joke ..

a piece of string

…. and Arthur Stace.

Overheard …

dreamtime ..

frankey doesn’t surf, but he knows ..

The dutch banksy

images

… don’t ask.

co-op etiquette

Word is that that a 2017 Volvo X90 isn't too stable when being back-ended by a 2005 Holden Monaro.

the oldest man I know

how we laughed.

Head

Brothers

ask yourself the question

Simply

Bondi the beautiful .. plus risk

Bondi is an unruly beast.

trisomy 21

for wednesday ..

prawn cutlets ..

You take it where you find it

christmas eve on river street

done for now

swept away

doing what we have to do

a bondi tram

There are some ancients amongst us who upon observing this pic may find an almost visceral pleasure at having been reminded how things were when we were young.

It’s not just the tram, it’s the familiar images of the buildings both near and far.