Lone Pine lives on...

When the guns fell silent after the bloody combat of Lone Pine at Gallipoli, Australian soldier Keith McDowell crawled from the trenches onto the battlefield to collect a pine cone.
Anzac Day reminder of Gallipoli Lone Pine cone's seeds of peace https://t.co/XdvvHcon7T

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 25, 2021

hay soldiers...

A local digger with his grandkids...
The hay soldier on the left is one in a line of incredible hay soldiers standing to attention on the Bendigo Road south of Pyramid Hill in Victoria.https://t.co/Va8dLRm71x pic.twitter.com/d6aD4mXZjP

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 25, 2021

Each hay soldier is named...representing 10 locals who did not make it home?...https://t.co/Wxqj9mULzS pic.twitter.com/hr9ZrKoBAe

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 25, 2021

cockatoos check neighbour's building progress...

One of many cockatoos deciding to check out my neighbour's building progress... pic.twitter.com/HQGu3tUymZ

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 25, 2021

And that one cockatoo brought many friends... pic.twitter.com/aD1j3HMuHT

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 25, 2021

book benches...

TODAY'S WEIRD - This book-shaped bench is in a library - Alexandria, Egypt...
In Bulgaria, there are outdoor book benches + colourful book benches are scattered outdoors in London... https://t.co/G9RNMhwMEw

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 24, 2021

let there be peace on earth...

I have always loved the words of this song...
Anzac Day seems to be an appropriate time to visit them again... pic.twitter.com/m9r57HnY5x

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 24, 2021

raindrops...

raindrops
the ephemeral art
of impulse#haiku #NaPoWriMo2021 pic.twitter.com/t2wx3CmjiN

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 24, 2021

Anzac Day silo art...

My love of Australia's silo art prompted me to search for Anzac Day silo art. I found this one by Cam Scale - a lighthouse soldier and his horse - unveiled 2019 + WWI nurse+modern day nurse unveiled 2018.
The silos are in Devenish, Benalla - Victoria.https://t.co/v1Kr9JmxZW pic.twitter.com/krG1R7hFRw

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 24, 2021

Anzac Day morning...

Anzac Day morning
rain clouds are
broken with
hints
of light#tanka #NaPoWriMo2021 pic.twitter.com/bfSbe4p4KL

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 24, 2021

Anzac Day outback...

It's Anzac Day...Not all gatherings are in the cities. Here is an unusual one in outback Queensland, 2015. A ceremony of 104 horses +riders on a hill in far west Queensland...To herald the dawn service, a riderless horse arrived at 6:15amhttps://t.co/o2vzQb0Fmj pic.twitter.com/8BptORciOk

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 24, 2021