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tribute
an act, statement, or gift that is intended
to show gratitude, respect, or admiration
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Somme Battlefields
Cee-BW-Challenge-Landscapes
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Cee’s
Black and White Challenge.
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Geelong sunset.
Beachscape
A landscape or the result of landscaping?
Many South West Victorian farms have
changed their landscape from one
which grazed sheep and cattle to one
which grows trees and is far less intensive.
A little over 100 years ago this idyllic
French landscape would have appeared
anything but idyllic as Villers Bretonneux
was in the middle of some of the
heaviest fighting of World War I.
As the sun goes down…
…near Geelong.
Yearling Herefords
Spring sown canola crop on its way to maturity.
Canola in flower
Saint Kilda Pier
Moorabool Valley eucalypts.
In the distance are
The Grampians.
The southern end of
The Great Dividing Range.
Moorabool Valley
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Cees-BW-Photo-Challenge: Landscapes
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FOWChallenge-Juncture
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juncture
a place where things join.
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A collection of…
The place where roads meet on Bullecourt Battlefield
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Fandango’s One Word Challenge:…Juncture
FOWChallenge-Upper
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upper
* situated above another part.
* situated on higher ground
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The Upper part of a shoe is tht part which surrounds the sides and ttop of one’s foot
At the Battle of Bullecourt allied armies
had to attack the German army which
was situated on the higher (upper) ground.
There was little or no way for allied soldiers to
gain any protection from German bullets
on these open fields.
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Fandango’s One Word Challenge:..Upper
Cee’s-FOTD-Challenge21-2504-ANZAC-DAY
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On
ANZAC DAY
It is appropriate to feature
Flanders Field poppies.
It wasn’t until my visit to the Western Front in 2017
that I realised how prolific these poppies are.
Like wildflowers turning fields of battle, red.
Found on
the Somme Battlefields
of France.
Pic-and-Word-Challenge_Wk254-Nightmare
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nightmare
a frightening or unpleasant dream.
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We often complain or are
frightened by a nightmare.
But many of our defence personnel
along with many civilians
have lived the nightmare
from which there was
no awakening.
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Pic-and-Word-Challenge_Wk254-Nightmare
A-Photo-a-Week-Challenge-Remembrance-Day
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In 2017 I visited the World War I…
…Western Front Battlefields in
France and Belgium.
My Paternal Grandfather served on
the Western Front during that conflict.
Lochnagar is a privately owned ‘attraction’
created after allied forces tunnelled
under Germany’s Army and detonated
25 tonnes of explosives.
The crater is approximately 300 feet
in diameter by 90 feet deep
and is the only surviving crater
of many other such craters,
which are now filled in.
Along the boardwalk around the crater
are these small plaques commemorating
a family member who had served on
the Western Front during
The Great War.
In 2017 each plaque cost
GBP25 or approximately $AUD45.
After several emails, the transfer of funds
and a few months waiting for
the ‘next batch‘ to be placed,
I now have a small memorial
to my Grandfather on the battlefields
upon which he served.
Lest We Forget.
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A Photo a Week Challenge:….In-Memoriam
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Word-of-Day-Challenge-Recovery
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recovery
a return to a normal state of health,
mind, or strength.
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After ‘hosting’ major infantry fighting
in two World Wars…
…the recovery process still continues in
France’s Western Front Battlefields.
Many towns have small ammunition dumps
similar to this one.
These dumps contain unexploded ammunition
and shrapnel which farmers recover
while working their fields.
Dumps are emptied every three to four weeks
according to our guide.
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A-Photo-a-Week-Challenge-Opening
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In war movies underground bunkers
are depicted with oodles
of room move around.
These images of the Gibraltar Bunker,
near Pozieres (Somme Battlefields)
in France…
…clearly show the opening are barely wide enough for one person to walk along
without hitting each wall.
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A Photo a Week Challenge: Opening
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Cee’s-FOTD-Challenge20-0425-ANZAC-DAY
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On
ANZAC DAY
It is appropriate to feature
Flanders Field poppies.
It wasn’t until my visit to the Western Front in 2017
that I realised how prolific these poppies are.
Like wildflowers turning fields of battle, red.
Found on
the Somme Battlefields
of France.
