Today is Anzac Day

by Lee Hopkins on April 25, 2006 · 14 comments

in miscellaneous

Tanzacs.jpgoday is Anzac Day.

For many Australians and New Zealanders this is a day of quiet, a day of reflection, a day of counting our blessings, a day of giving thanks to those who fell in foreign countries defending our countries’ values and beliefs.

And saying a silent prayer to those who fell at the whims and follys of others’ crass decisions.

For more information about Anzac Day visit this comprehensive site, as well as a great site put together by the Australian Government.

Anzac Day gives us a chance to commemorate not only the Anzacs at Gallipoli, but all soldiers who fought, were wounded or who fell in combat — WWII, Vietnam, the Gulf, Iraq, East Timor, the Solomons, peace-keeping missions everywhere…

For your sacrifice, thank you.


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  • http://rcd.typepad.com/personal/ Robin Capper

    The New Zealand Govt have a similar site:

    http://www.anzac.govt.nz/

  • http://rcd.typepad.com/personal/ Robin Capper

    The New Zealand Govt have a similar site:

    http://www.anzac.govt.nz/

  • http://leehopkins.net/ Lee

    Thanks for the update, Robin!

  • http://leehopkins.net Lee

    Thanks for the update, Robin!

  • http://tidbitsandmore.blogspot.com/ Donna Tocci

    Thanks for the description, Lee. Saw that on my calendar and didn’t know what it was.
    “Thank you”, indeed, to all that you mentioned.

  • http://tidbitsandmore.blogspot.com Donna Tocci

    Thanks for the description, Lee. Saw that on my calendar and didn’t know what it was.
    “Thank you”, indeed, to all that you mentioned.

  • http://leehopkins.net/ Lee

    You’re welcome. And yes, a huge ‘thank you’ to all that have risked or given their lives for a population that is largely ungrateful.

  • http://leehopkins.net Lee

    You’re welcome. And yes, a huge ‘thank you’ to all that have risked or given their lives for a population that is largely ungrateful.

  • http://allanjenkins.typepad.com/ Allan Jenkins

    Great holiday. I was always impressed driving around Victoria and seeing so many towns with memorial avenues on the way in and out.

    But… I hope you dont blame Winnie for Gallipoli.

  • http://allanjenkins.typepad.com Allan Jenkins

    Great holiday. I was always impressed driving around Victoria and seeing so many towns with memorial avenues on the way in and out.

    But… I hope you dont blame Winnie for Gallipoli.

  • http://leehopkins.net/ Lee

    Ahhh… now there’s the problem, see.

    I loved Winnie in dubya dubya too, but he was a bit of an ass in dubya one and got a lot of good men killed who didn’t have to be…

    No bigger fan of him in dubya too than me, but dubya one…

  • http://leehopkins.net Lee

    Ahhh… now there’s the problem, see.

    I loved Winnie in dubya dubya too, but he was a bit of an ass in dubya one and got a lot of good men killed who didn’t have to be…

    No bigger fan of him in dubya too than me, but dubya one…

  • http://rcd.typepad.com/ Robin Capper

    On the subject of the impact of WW1. I took this photo on a cycle trip in the far South of South Island NZ as it struck me how those events on the other side of the world changed even remote communities. From a tiny rural population 30 men went to war and only 24 returned…

    see: http://rcd.typepad.com/personal/2005/04/anzac_day.html

  • http://rcd.typepad.com/ Robin Capper

    On the subject of the impact of WW1. I took this photo on a cycle trip in the far South of South Island NZ as it struck me how those events on the other side of the world changed even remote communities. From a tiny rural population 30 men went to war and only 24 returned…

    see: http://rcd.typepad.com/personal/2005/04/anzac_day.html

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