Anzac Day

Thursday, April 25, was Anzac Day over here.  Anzac stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.  It is similar to our Remembrance day at home and is a public holiday.  The service here is held at dawn to remember the dawn raids on Gallipoli.  We were up at 4:30 a.m. and down at the cenotaph by 5:00 am.. The service was very similar to home - except for all the people dressed in shorts and flip flops instead of parkas and toques.  Afterwards, we drove out to Cleveland lighthouse to watch the sunrise.  Lots of people were having breakfast picnics there after the service and heading out in their boats to enjoy a sunny day on the bay. It was reported in the local paper that over 8,000 people attended the ceremony. That seemed a touch high but there were sure a lot of people up - young and old - to observe the service.  There were over 50,000 in Brisbane.