ANZAC Day
What does ANZAC Day Mean to You?
When I first came to Australia, I didn’t know anything about ANZAC Day. Now, some 20 years later, I have a much deeper understanding of this very special Australian holiday. Last year, 2010, I felt compelled to write something to commemorate ANZAC Day. But, what to write? Hasn’t it all been written? Then I came […]
“Hop out and after ’em, lads!” The First ANZAC Day
Anzac Cove, near Gallipoli, Turkey, a photo by State Library of South Australia on Flickr. Preface to Story (Special Event Article to Commemorate ANZAC Day 2010) I remember attending a military ball at the RAAF Base Edinburgh, north of Adelaide in March 1990. I was one of a bunch of “Yanks” invited down from Woomera. […]