Johnston’s Jolly (Anzac Trenches)

About Johnston’s Jolly (Anzac Trenches)

Johnston’s Jolly, located inland from Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula, was a front-line position held by Australian troops during the 1915 campaign.

Visitors can walk through the recreated ANZAC trenches from the First World War. This is one of the few sites worldwide that offers people an opportunity to experience firsthand exactly what the soldiers went through during the Gallipoli Campaign.

Much of the battlefield has been preserved, including the trenches, so as to provide an excellent example of what miserable conditions soldiers endured during trench warfare.

Named with irony after its deadly exposure, the site saw intense trench warfare just meters from Ottoman lines.

Today, original trenches and a cemetery remain, offering a stark, preserved look into life and death on the front.