ANZAC Day
It is ANZAC Day today, and I have the guilts as I couldn't drag my carcass out of bed for the Dawn Service. I try to go each year if I'm not at work. We have a little service here on the island - there are about 6 men that march. I can walk from here and one of the things I love is seeing people materialise out of the dark from all directions.
This photo was taken in 2005 (90 yr anniversary) at Caloundra which is on the coast north of here. The cenotaph is up on a cliff and what you can see below the horizon is the sea. There were huge numbers of people there, and it was very moving. Off the coast at this spot is what is believed to be the wartime shipwreck of the Centaur, a hospital ship, which made it all seem more real.
All the WW1 Diggers have died now I think, and the WW2 boys are thinning out as well, but it is good to see that a lot of children and young people are developing an interest in the ANZAC history and spirit, and I don't think that it will all be forgotten.
I never knew what ANZAC meant - thanks for the link. There was an article in the paper recently about WWI veterans in the States, very few are still surviving. It's good when the children still commemorate such occasions.
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