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Lest We Forget,
Just home after driving down to Elephant Rock at Currumbin beach, Gold Caost at 3am. You may have seen the Channel 7 Sunrise broadcast from there this morning. I have been to several dawn services, but the crashing of the waves, the beach, the Sunrise through cloud on the ocean added to the moment.
As dawn broke eight surf boats from the local SLSC were off the beach to scatter the ashes of 8 local x service people including RAN & USMC who had passed since last Anzac Day, to the tune from one bagpiper ontop of the rock. It was very moving, very dignified.
The crowd was huge, a couple of thousand, indeed Anzac Day remains so very special. The message my wife and I took from this service was to clearly value our freedom and to thank those who have fought at great cost to preserve this and our way of life in Australia.
To all who have given and continue to give us this Thank You indeed.
PeterM.
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