Today, April 25th, is ANZAC day in Australia. ANZAC stands for Australia and New Zealand Army Corps. I am posting some photographs from my recent trip to the battlefields of Belgium and France. They were taken at the Villers-Brettoneux Military Cemetery, France and at Bedford House Cemetery outside Yypres or Ieper, Belgium. On ANZAC day we commemorate the sacrifices made by Australians, New Zealanders, Canadians and British soldiers during WW 1, WW 2 and conflicts since then.
The Ode
“They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.”
I was born in Bendigio, Victoria, Australia and attended a 13 student Rural School, Muskerry East Primary. I was a boarder at Girton CEGGS in Bendigo for my seconday Schooling.I trained at Bendigo and Coburg Teachers Colleges before beginning teaching in Melbourne in 1975. I taught a variety of Primary classes before beginning Art teaching in 1986. I am currently in my 26th year of teaching Visual Arts and my 24th year at Taylors Lakes Primary School which is in outer north-west Melbourne, Australia. I am married with three children and outside teaching am a keen member of Rotary International. Besides my passion for Art I have keen interests in photography, travel and in Learning Technologies.
August 26, 2012 at 4:44 pm
Dear Mrs Osborn
We like your pictures on the home page
they are really cool.
From Davide and Aurelia:)