I was at the Currumbin Dawn Service for Anzac Day this year and It was the most moving ceremony I have ever seen. I've been attending Anzac Day Services every year since I was seven. I only recall missing two in my 44 years on this planet so I feel qualified to make comment. The ceremony was new, fresh and innovative. They had moving music with plenty to look at with diggers marching in, planes flying over, gun salutes (shots into the air), ceremonies for the recently fallen with ashes scattered to sea in surf boats, horses, doves, pipes, great speakers and the list goes on.
I'm a very loyal Aussie. Both my Husband Greg and I are inactive Army Reservists and we love our history. We travelled to Villers Bretonneux in 1993 to see the little museum displaying our Army Reserve Unit's colour's. I remember it clearly as we didn't speak French and we had arrived on a day the museum was closed. It didn't take long for the locals to work out we were Australian and they treated us like royalty. They had a young boy run to the museum key holder to open it up specially for us. They were extremely grateful for Australia's involvement during the war.
We plan to travel to Gallipoli one day for their dawn service but until then I will be talking about the Anzac Day Service at Currumbin. I did video it but the quality is not as good as this one I found on U-Tube. It is from 2008 but I'm hoping Channel 7 will put this years video out soon.
Please take a few minutes to view this video and spare a thought for the troops that lost their lives paying the ultimate sacrifice for their country, not only at Anzac Cove but the wars that continue overseas.
MAKE EACH DAY COUNT
Linda Baade
25 April 1915: The Day the Anzac Legend was Born
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