Slow in Posting Images

I'm slow in posting new images due to a very large backlog. Since May this year I have been to:

• Mexico City;
• Pacific Northwest (Portland OR, Richland WA, Boise ID, Twin Falls ID, and Idaho Falls ID - 1,000 miles with six in a van over three and a half days);
• Europe (Berlin, Zurich, Aarch, Den Haag, Utrecht);
• Australia (Perth, Sydney, Melbourne);
• South America (Buenos Aires, Santiago).

With a least a week spent in each location. Before May I was also in California (San Fransisco, Palm Springs, LA) and Alaska.

With all these travels were for pleasure (ie not work) for me, while, except Alaska, they were business trips for my wife Deb.

A large number images taken with nearly 30,000 on one of my cameras alone - hence the backlog. I will put some images up soon.

All Ages

It is not not only the young that die in war.

19 or Less

Touring the Arnhem Oosterbeek Cemetery the young age of the servicemen stood out. The reality of war is that you want/need young soldiers to fight. Naivety and a belief that you will live forever are useful on the battlefield.

Unfortunately young soldiers fighting means young soldiers dying.

Aged 18
Aged 19

It is profound to view the graves of 19 year old men, as this was the age I joined the Australian Army and I was twice their age when I took these photos.

Redgum's I Was Only 19 played in my head as I viewed these head stones.