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ANZAC Day Dawn Service Mooloolaba
April 25 @ 4:55 am - 6:00 am
Mooloolaba Surf Life Saving Club and The Surf Club Mooloolaba invite the community to its ANZAC Day Dawn Service at 5:00am. on Friday 25 April 2025, at Mooloolaba Beach. This deeply moving tribute will honour the sacrifices of Australian and New Zealand service men and women, past and present.
As the first light of dawn breaks over the ocean, boat crews will silently paddle out to sea, laying wreaths of native Australian flowers, before raising their oars to the haunting echoes of the Last Post. In a powerful tribute to the ANZACs, a lone horseman from the 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Woombye Troop, will gallop along Mooloolaba Beach. This year following the sad passing of the beloved ANZAC Day horse Jack, his legacy will live on through Bill, ridden by Rusty Perry.
The ceremony will feature retired Defence Force veterans leading the ANZAC Day Ode, the Sunshine Coast Grammar School Bel Canto Choir, and a didgeridoo solo by Mr. Peter Tilney. Honouring New Zealand’s servicemen and women, the ceremony will also include a Māori Haka and the New Zealand national anthem, sung by Mr. Graham Stewart. MSLSC Nippers, including those from military families, will lay 12 wreaths representing Australia and New Zealand’s past campaigns, wars, peacekeeping missions, and nurses
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