ANZAC Day Tanunda

 

ANZAC Day at Tanunda went well.

Given that Monday was a public holiday during school holidays, we had an enormous turn-up at both the Dawn Service and the late morning Service after our march from the Tanunda Post Office to the Soldiers' Memorial Hall.

I attended the Dawn Service and marched, but I didn't attend the late morning Service.

The highlight of the Dawn Service for me was an address delivered by a senior school student from the local Faith Lutheran College. Given the age of the young man, his presentation was flawless, the content emotive and inspiring, and he didn't appear to be nervous at all.

After the Dawn Service we held a Gunfire Breakfast that many people attended including members of the RSL Tanunda, although most of us who are members had "jobs" to do. I worked in our bar serving beer, large amounts of Coopers stout, and pouring small amounts of Beenleigh rum into coffee, a tradition on this special day.

The Gunfire Breakfast was also attended by a contingent of RAAF serving members who had participated as a catafalque party (you can see several in the image above) or supported them. I managed to take a photo of the group.

Here they are outside our Hut. Those with weapons are obviously part of the catafalque party.

We appreciate and thank them for their service and hope that they will never be called upon to sacrifice their lives for their fellow Australians as many others have throughout the short history of our country.

We are so fortunate to live in a relatively free democracy with a decent standard of living and reasonably sound governments.

Every day I recall how very lucky I was to be born in Australia. If you are reading this and you're Australian, you should feel lucky too.

#Robinoz