ANZAC Day 2010

[vinspired]

Hiya - don't know if this is the correct place to ask, or it has been asked...

What are all the Aussies plus Kiwis doing on ANZAC Day this year?
- or anyone else over the globe?

Me - I usually go to the dawn service in the city and the parades if they are on.
The bugle always chokes me up as well as:
...they shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.
LEST WE FORGET

 

[Silver Dollar]

Oh no, I forgot to wish you guys a good ANZAC Day. Never, ever forget.

 

[miss_elise]

well, as it's on sunday I haven't made up my mind yet.

The bugle gets me everytime as well

 

[Benny Holiday]

I'll be going to watch the March in Sydney with my wife and little girl, honouring my Dad's WW2 service and the sacrifice of so many other men and women for our great nation.

 

[BinkieBaumont]

"I am so relieved that the Shops here in the Swan River Colony are not allowed to peddle their wares on A.N.Z.A.C day"

 

[Foofoogal]

ok, now I have to find out what this is. lol

http://www.oldaussierecipes.com/oldaussiefavourites.htm

 

[Godfrey]

Dawn service if I'm able - listen to a tape of my Grandfather telling me his stories of the Merchant Navy in WW2 if I feel maudlin. Look though my Great grandfathers stuff from WW1 western front if I feel proud. Talk to my dad and lay some flowers at the Boer war monument in Royal Parade in Carlton (those guys always get forgotten).

 

[Smithy]

It's a big day for all us Kiwis and Aussies. I have a friend over from NZ and we'll be going to the Dawn Service at the Shrine of Remembrance here in Melbourne. Our two countries have given a huge amount in conflicts around the world and especially both world wars.

I'll not just be thinking of the sacrifices my family made in them but what all Aussies and NZers did.

Lest we forget.

 

[Puzzicato]

Barbecuing and playing 2-up with a fellow expat, I suspect! There is an ANZAC cemetery a couple of miles from my house, but I don't think I will make the dawn service, even to catch the beauty of reveille and the Last Post.

 

[Marcus]

Anyone going to check out "Beneath Hill 60"? It comes out on Anzac Day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYOpCJCl5L4&feature=player_embedded

 

[Talbot]

Lest we forget.

 

[vinspired]

ok, now I have to find out what this is. lol

http://www.oldaussierecipes.com/oldaussiefavourites.htm

What a great site! mmmm...good ole' pav'!

 

[vinspired]

Anyone going to check out "Beneath Hill 60"? It comes out on Anzac Day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYOpCJCl5L4&feature=player_embedded

I have my ticket already - am looking forward to it.

 

[dr greg]

the long march

I have to agree with the RSL on the 'vets separate' rule this year, I thought it was becoming a circus.

 

[tuppence]

Possibly The Black Market, The big goth garage sale in Northcote,, None of my grandfathers celebrated Anzac Day, apparently in the early days it always ended up in drinking and fighting.

 

[Harp]

Australian Army Training Team Vietnam; 1st Btn; 2 MSF :eusa_clap
Chapter LXXXVI Special Forces Association
Victoria, Australia

 

[BinkieBaumont]

"RTR FM's Nostalgia show, are playing lashings of "war time" music in honour of the day"

http://www.rtrfm.com.au/listen

"Is he an Aussie,is he Lizzy?"

A.N.Z.A.C related

[YOUTUBE]wx7M91XGuFY[/YOUTUBE]

 

[miss_elise]

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

 

[Mojito]

My paternal grandfather - who fought from Gallipoli through to the end and was wounded several times (including sustaining a sharpel wound to the face sustained at Lone Pine) - never marched on ANZAC day. He was a curious individual - deeply proud of his batallion, but never, ever demonstrative in his pride. He was suspicious of anything he thought potentially jingoistic, and for personal reasons would not march.

But I've attended many ANZAC dawn ceremonies in his memory, and the memory of his colleagues.

 

[Shangas]

They're not much to look at, but they sure taste great! Please help yourselves...

For anyone wondering...they're homemade ANZAC Biscuits. I made them this morning.