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Anzac Day - 25th April, 2005

These are images from Anzac Day in Perth, Western Australia. The first images are from the Dawn Service in Kings Park, at the 'Pool of Contemplation', which commenced at 0600. This means a very early start, for me 0430. The following images are from the Anzac Day march, through the Perth CBD.

I've had a request for an explantion of what 'Anzac Day' is, here's the text of an explanation I placed in an online forum:

ANZAC stands for Australian New Zealand Army Corp and Anzac Day this year remembers the 90th anniversary of the beach landing (attack) at the now named Anzac Cove in Gallipoli in Turkey. Not wanting to belittle anything, Think 'Saving Private Ryan' if you're American and 'D-Day' if European.

Now, that was all from memory, so, Aussies or Kiwis, please forgive me if I've misphrased anything!
More information here:

http://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/anzac/anzac_tradition.htm
Early Morning - Fraser Ave, Kings Park
Early Morning - Fraser Ave, Kings Park
View of Perth City
View of Perth City
Part of the crowd of ~35,000
Part of the crowd of ~35,000
Vintage Aircraft Flight
Vintage Aircraft Flight
After the Service
After the Service
Queing Patiently
Queing Patiently
Vantage Point
Vantage Point
Anzac Dawn
Anzac Dawn
Contemplation
Contemplation
Thoughts
Thoughts
Three's Company
Three's Company
Historical Uniforms
Historical Uniforms
Aussie Post - Flag Delivery
Aussie Post - Flag Delivery
Where are they?
Where are they?
RAAF Police Dog Section
RAAF Police Dog Section
Happy Digger
Happy Digger
Why March?
Why March?