ANZAC Day services
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There’s a lot to think about on ANZAC Day and the ANZAC Day long weekend. We thought for Hidden Treasures on ABC Perth Saturday Breakfast we would look at some of the sites around Perth and Western Australia that you can visit to remind you of the ANZAC story. If you’re going to an ANZAC…
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One of our favourite discoveries in Hidden Treasures on ABC Perth Saturday Breakfast are the secrets of the suburbs; what’s off the main drag, what’s in the heart of the suburb and what is the heart of a suburb? Enjoy listening to the audio file below and reading a few notes as well: While our…
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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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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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