Their dream to sing in Gallipoli as part of Anzac Day commemorative services did not disintegrate with the airline industry after the volcanic disruption.

Steve Aughey, Stewart McLeod, Brian Goodall and John Manny have been in Turkey since Saturday, rehearsing with members of other community singing groups from across Australia at Anzac Cove and working hard on perfecting the Turkish National Anthem.

Their trip is part of a three-week tour of Turkey with Sing Australia and the men will visit and perform at places such as Ephesus, Ankara and Istanbul.

But the highlight for the Dubbo men will be the services at Anzac Cove and Lone Pine.

“I’m really looking forward to the dawn service,” Mr McLeod said.

“I see it as a special privilege to have a role in such a significant and historical event.”

This is the third year Dubbo members of Sing Australia have participated in the dawn service at Anzac Cove and Lone Pine.

Dubbo’s Betty Daly and Bryan and Many Wheatland made the journey last year and Marg Nicolson and Kay Tucker the year before.

Mr Aughey said through Sing Australia he had been able to sing in some amazing places over the years.

“Two years ago I did a trip to the UK and France where we sang in places like Villers-Bretonneux, Fromelles, Pheasant Wood, Tyne Cot Cemetery and the Menin Gate Memorial in Belgium,” he

said.

“It was really special to be able to honour our diggers and the Allies who fought and died in those places.”

But Mr Aughey thought Gallipoli would be the pinnacle.

“It’s not something I would ever have believed I could possibly do,” he said.

The men are expected back in Dubbo on May 5.