Spitting Into the Wind

ANZAC Day for Australians is like Rememberance Day, where we remember all those who have lost their lives fighting for their country. Junee is a small town with a population around 5,000 and during WWII there was a naval ship called the HMAS Junee that patrolled waters around Darwin and Port Moresby. During the ANZAC day ceremonies the Navy provides 4 seamen to stand guard at the cenotaph. It's a proud day for Junee residents and yesterday was no exception. A huge crowd lined the parade route, the day was glorious, and I had the job of handing out Australian flags to the children. I had 250 flags and ran out before I could get around all the kids. It was a nice ceremony.

• ANZAC is an abbreviation for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.
• April 25, Anzac Day, was the day the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915.
• The first dawn service on an ANZAC Day was in 1923.
• The ANZACS were on the Gallipoli Peninsula for only 8 months, around 8,000 of them died there.
• The ANZACs were all volunteers.