Sale’s city centre was shut down for the 2023 Anzac Day parade on Tuesday, April 25, marking 108 years since the ANZACs landed on the shores of Gallipoli.
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Subscriber only The return of traditional Anzac Day services across Warwick was met with vibrant enthusiasm as huge numbers of residents took the chance to pay tribute to Australian servicemen and women, both past and present. Hundreds of Rose City veterans, students, and community members proudly represented their town and their connection to Anzac history at a range of ceremonies including the Dawn Service, War Graves Service, and Anzac Day March and Service. After being limited to driveway services during COVID in 2020, crowds filled Palmerin St and the Leslie Park Cenotaph precinct for the first time in two years.
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More than a century has passed since Anzac soldiers first landed at Gallipoli, but Warwickâs youngest generation has proven its connection to the nationâs history remains as strong as ever.
Rose City children of all ages joined their families and older community peers in paying tribute to Australian servicemen and women, past and present, at a range of Anzac Day services across the town on Sunday.
Seven-year-old Alyssa Wakefield joined parents Kent and Tara with family friend Annie Bradford at her first-ever Dawn Service on this yearâs Anzac Day. Tara Wakefield, Kent Wakefield, and Annie Bradford took young Alyssa Wakefield to her first ever Dawn Service in Warwick this Anzac Day.
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Warwick is set for another blockbuster weekend of events over this yearâs Anzac Day long weekend.
A host of community and sports events will kick off over Friday and Saturday, with a full calendar of commemorative Anzac Day services on Sunday.
Check out the full list of events kicking off this long weekend in the Rose City:
PIRELLI ENDURANCE SERIESÂ
The first round of this exciting endurance series from The Motorcycle Sportsmen of Queensland is hitting Morgan Park Raceway this weekend.
The three-day blockbuster will kick off with a coaching day and track day before the main Pirelli Enduro Race on Saturday.