Anzac Day 2009

It's tradition for it to be cold, wet and miserable on Anzac Day, the 25th of April, every year. This year was quite mild but morning showers were predicted. I took a warm jacket. And so did many of the estimated 40000 attendees to the dawn service in Kings Park at the war memorial. There we stood in silence listening to a recollection of the Australians battling Rommel in north Africa, watched as dignitaries laid wreaths in remembrance of the fallen and heard a speech by Brigadier Steve Cain about what it was like waiting at home when your loved ones had gone to war. His speech was quite thought provoking as we normally hear about the men and women who have gone to war.

Facebook photo album of Anzac Day 2009.