Gallery of log for Dawn Service 2020
When I first read about #lightupthedawn I knew I wanted to do this and signed up to the RSLQld mailing list for this project. Attending Anzac Day has been part of my being since I was a kid, first as a Girl Guide (although probably earlier than that since I remember watching a parade), then as an adult leader, and now that I am out of the movement as a private individual. I have been to the Currumbin Dawn Service at Elephant Rock many times, until it really got too big. 20,000 was the figure I heard for last year. Subsequently we've attended the Tweed Heads Coolangatta Service, and last year, the Murwillumbah Citizen's service. There is just 'something' about those smaller intimate services.
I felt disappointed that services were cancelled this year, although with the age of our vets, event the Vietnam vets are in that vunerable age group. The local RSL proclaimed that it was the first time in 100years that the service had been cancelled, implying that it had been cancelled in 1919. Because the flu epidemic in 1919 is a particular area of interest I hit the books, or should that be Trove. The Tweed Heads morning service was cancelled - due to poor whether but the evening service went ahead as it was going to be indoors anyway. So looking at the Australian wide situation our PMs speech at the service at the Australian War Memorial was wrong. However, other services may have been cancelled, particular down in Sydney/Melbourne which were hotspots at the time - the Tweed at the time was clear of the virus.
So... last night I cutdown a milk carton, brought home a sandwich bag of sand from the banks of Currumbin Creek and made my own candle holder. We joined, Number 5 and 7 in the street standing on the footpath and could see the residents of the house opposite the end of our cul de sac, listening to the Last Post. Reville, and the National Anthem from the Australian War Memorial. It was interesting listening to the 'dawn chorus' coming over the live stream from Canberra, and our own local chorus. Many of the birds such as the maggies are the same.
With the service over, I photographed Samboo and Max, our two household companions.
It was quiet and it was lovely, but I look forward to a world where I can go to a community celebration again. Co-ordinates for the sport field down the road.
I felt disappointed that services were cancelled this year, although with the age of our vets, event the Vietnam vets are in that vunerable age group. The local RSL proclaimed that it was the first time in 100years that the service had been cancelled, implying that it had been cancelled in 1919. Because the flu epidemic in 1919 is a particular area of interest I hit the books, or should that be Trove. The Tweed Heads morning service was cancelled - due to poor whether but the evening service went ahead as it was going to be indoors anyway. So looking at the Australian wide situation our PMs speech at the service at the Australian War Memorial was wrong. However, other services may have been cancelled, particular down in Sydney/Melbourne which were hotspots at the time - the Tweed at the time was clear of the virus.
So... last night I cutdown a milk carton, brought home a sandwich bag of sand from the banks of Currumbin Creek and made my own candle holder. We joined, Number 5 and 7 in the street standing on the footpath and could see the residents of the house opposite the end of our cul de sac, listening to the Last Post. Reville, and the National Anthem from the Australian War Memorial. It was interesting listening to the 'dawn chorus' coming over the live stream from Canberra, and our own local chorus. Many of the birds such as the maggies are the same.
With the service over, I photographed Samboo and Max, our two household companions.
It was quiet and it was lovely, but I look forward to a world where I can go to a community celebration again. Co-ordinates for the sport field down the road.
