Saturday was Anzac Day. Up early for the march. Over here the march is at 5.30am, followed by the speeches and formalities. Al found the guys from 2RAR NZ, and marched with them. None of them were in Vietnam as early as he was (1967), but they did serve over there.
We marched for 20mins, and listened for 90mins!!!!!! According to a weather guage on the march route, the temperature was 11 degrees; standing in the middle of a football field, in the dark, on wet grass, it was NOT 11 degrees! Towards the end of the speeches there was a flyover - three small planes. The whole event was really moving though - white crosses with names on them were lined up on the field; instead of the crowd watching from the footpaths, they joined the marchers beside some of the units. I joined in beside the naval cadets! I like that idea!!
Somewhere warm for breakfast!!!!
Too tired to do anything for the rest of the day, so rested!!!!!!
More soon!!!!
You're back!!! Hope your travels are going well and the weather is being kind to you. Keep us up to date so we can follow you on the map. Love Pam and Vernon
ReplyDeleteI forgot to mention.......the local paper had an article this morning about how good the fishing has been at Kingscliff in the last few days since we had some huge storms here (200-300mm). They claim it is the best fishing they have seen for 20 years. Thought Al might like to know?! Love Pam and Vernon
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