This year Anzac day fell on the same weekend as Easter. Anzac Day is celebrated on April 25th each year in both Australia and New Zealand. I saw on TV that there was also a ceremony in Vietnam by Australian and New Zealanders. It is a day to honour the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps ( the acronym is ANZAC) who fought at Gallipoli in Turkey during World War I but now it is a day for all those who died and served in military operations for their countries.
I spent the weekend in the small town of Ulladulla. On Anzac day there is a thing called dawn service. We had to be there at 6 a.m. We went to the Dawn Service at the Ex-Servo's club. That is a club for all the ex-service people. At the dawn service people said hymns and readings. There were songs played on the bugle and we had a two-minute silence followed by the laying of wreaths were family members loved ones lay wreaths commemorating fallen soldiers.
This is a picture I took after the service.
I spent the weekend in the small town of Ulladulla. On Anzac day there is a thing called dawn service. We had to be there at 6 a.m. We went to the Dawn Service at the Ex-Servo's club. That is a club for all the ex-service people. At the dawn service people said hymns and readings. There were songs played on the bugle and we had a two-minute silence followed by the laying of wreaths were family members loved ones lay wreaths commemorating fallen soldiers.
This is a picture I took after the service.
Most people are off of work for ANZAC day. The pubs are open and after the Dawn Service some people go straight to the pub. I heard that from 7-10 beer was $1. We went back to the Ex-Servo's that afternoon to watch Rugby League Football. Every year since 2002, the National Rugby League (NRL) has followed the lead of the Australian Football League, hosting a match between traditional rivals St George Illawarra Dragons and the Sydney Roosters to commemorate Anzac Day in the Club ANZAC Game. It was really fun. I tipped the Dragons to win and they did.
Australians get Friday off of work and the Monday after Easter as a public holiday. This year because Anzac day fell on that Monday, Tuesday was also a public holiday.
