Anzac Day 2014

[Bob McNeill]

Like most today kicked off with the dawn service at 5.15 am, home for some brekky and coffee until the troops arrived at 6.45. we needed to be in Millthorpe for a 7.30 March. Down around the corner and its a short stroll to the Memorial Gates. This year the sub branch donated to each primary school a copy of the book LOST DIGGERS. Service over it was load up and trundle down the highway to Carcour to do it all again with a different lot of xservice people and school reps, while the band packed up their pipes and drums we bolted down the highway doing our best to slow traffic, not that it works for some, a small 4 wheel drive with a very large boat had to get past regardless of oncoming traffic and double lines. Mandurama was next stop, here the March has to cross the highway so police close the road for as long as it takes to march across. finally Lyndhurst is taken over by the hordes, well maybe 25 extras, three vehicles, the band and finally the sub branch officials, service over its time for a cuppa and cake.