April 25th was Anzac Day, and this year marked the centenary of the landings in Gallipoli. 
So we got up at 5am and trotted along to the RSL in Tanilba Bay, the next town to ours, for the dawn service. An RSL is a Returned Servicemen's League and most reasonably sized towns have one. They are the equivalent to the British Legion but are run very successfully with restaurants, bars, gaming rooms and sports facilities so are thriving unlike the Legions in Britain.
The commemorations are real family events and, there is an expectation that everyone will attend a service. There were hundreds of people there, which was pretty remarkable as it was a 5.45 am start and most residents had suffered a long week of flooding and property damage and many still had no power after the storm.
The service was excellent, the RAAF were in attendance from Williamtown, the local airport where they are based, and there were readings from local ex servicemen and our local Worrimi elder, John Wridgeway sang the national anthem. 
This was followed by breakfast (free for veterans and only $1 for everyone) else in the RSL with a few beers, then a parade.
It was particularly moving to see the fire service, coastal rescue and all the other voluntary services who had worked flat out for the previous week tirelessly helping people who were flooded out, removing trees from houses and gardens and clearing roads etc in the parade marching with their medals on their uniforms and it gave everyone an opportunity to applaud them.
Once the parade was over it was back to the RSL to play 2 Up. Anzac Day is the only day it is legal to play 2 Up in Australia, it is a game of absolutely no skill, as far as I can see, where two coins are placed on a piece of wood and thrown into the air and everybody bets on whether they come down as two heads, one head one tail and so on. This then carries on as one big party for the rest of the day.