The Australian Prime Minister's decision to skip the New Zealand service at Chunuk Bair in Gallipoli this year has been met with disapoval from many Australians visiting the memorial site.  

Howard has decided to attend a barbeque with Australian soldiers instead of going to the memorial for more than 800 New Zealanders who were killed. 

Many Australians at Chunuk Bair say Howard's move is not in keeping with the Anzac spirit. 

Meanwhile it has been reported Howard will offer Turkey financial help and Australian manpower to conserve Anzac Cove at Gallipoli.
  
The Australian newspaper says Howard will make a formal offer of assistance for looking after the site when he meets with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on Tuesday.
  
The paper said it's understood his offer will include technical expertise, personnel and financial resources, giving Australia a greater involvement in preserving the site.
  
A crowd of up to 20,000 is expected to join Howard and other dignitaries at the 90th anniversary commemorations of the Gallipoli landings at Anzac Cove on Monday.
  
Up to 800 buses will ferry the participants along the controversial new stretch of road at Anzac Cove for the ceremony at North Beach, a couple of hundred metres from where the Anzacs landed at 5.30am on April 25, 1915.