My father at the age of 17,  joined and fought with the Partisans in what was then known as Yugoslavia during the Second World War. His contribution to the war effort in his country of birth made me more aware of the sacrifices many people made in war time to help us live better lives.

The least we can do is to acknowledge their sacrifice by remembering all those who have fallen for our benefit. If it had not been for their fearless courage, many countries including Australia, would not be the wonderful places to live in as they are n0w.

Tribute to ANZAC Day

With their hair a little whiter, their step not quite so sure
Still they march on proudly as they did the year before.
Theirs were the hands that saved us, their courage showed the way
Their lives they laid down for us, that we may live today.

From Gallipoli’s rugged hillsides, to the sands of Alamein
On rolling seas and in the skies, those memories will remain.
Of airmen and the sailors, of Lone Pine and Suvla Bay
The boys of the Dardenelles are remembered on this day.

They fought their way through jungles, their blood soaked desert sands
They still remember comrades who rest in foreign lands.
They remember the siege of old Tobruk, the mud of the Kokoda Trail
Some paying the supreme sacrifice with courage that did not fail.
To the icy land of Korea, the steamy jungles of Vietnam
And the heroic battle of Kapyong and that epic victory at Long Tan.

Fathers, sons and brothers, together they fought and died
That we may live in peace together, while at home their mothers cried.
When that final bugle calls them to cross that great divide
Those comrades will be waiting when they reach the other side.

~ Ken Bunker ~

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Remembering on Anzac Day

It is probably fair to say that most of us until now, when thinking of Cleopatra, would have been referencing the image Elizabeth Taylor portrayed of her. That will be no more thanks to the 3D recreation of her likeness which makes very interesting reading in an article entitled Sorry Liz, but THIS is the real face of Cleopatra.

If you do not know much about Cleopatra, the Egyptology Online website offers a wonderful insight to the Infamous Cleopatra.

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The face of Cleopatra