After several years of disruption due to COVID and other stuff, ANZAC is back to how it used to be.

ANZAC Day is when we commerate those who served in the Australian or New Zealand forces, but did not return.

It was a joint effort by Australia and New Zealand in WW1, which is why both national anthems are sometimes sung at these events.

The Dawn service at 6am was well attended by the general public and the event was run smoothly.

The 10am service was a slightly smaller affair.

Busy, just busy.

Covids not a thing here anymore and most people have just moved on.
The kids are getting older, and somehow in the last few months my oldest has really found her wings and the condfidence to be independent.
I had booked some of the school holidays to spend with them, only to find they had already committed themselves to part time work and other stuff.

I dont mind this, rather, I find it pleasing that they are finding their independence, which relegates me to the position of ‘Reserve support if everything turns to crap’
My oldest is 18 and my youngest is 16, so it looks like we are slowly moving into ’empty nester’ mode.