ANZAC Day dawn services

  • Heeding the call for the Rottnest ANZAC Day Dawn Service: as published by Rottnest Fast Ferries

    But the band plays Waltzing Matilda, and the old men still answer the call,but as year follows year, more old men disappear, someday no one will march there at all. The line above is taken from the Eric Bogle song, ‘And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda’. I remember a time in the 1980’s when there…

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  • 6PR Interview: ANZAC Travels

    Please enjoy the discussion below on ANZAC Travels, particularly to Western Australian memorial services on Rottnest Island, at Geraldton, Albany, Boyup Brook and Grass Patch.     From ‘And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda’; “And the young people ask, what are they marching for? And I ask myself the same question.” I think we’re all…

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