ANZAC Day 2008
This year has seen a very busy time for all 3
sections, starting off with Australia day which was followed by Anzac Day.
As a group we decided to make it a special
occasion for the Youth members, and so we all camped in the scout hall on the
eve of Anzac Day. We had a great dinner cooked by the scouts which was
followed by the movie "Gallipoli" and then off to bed. (for some anyway) the
excitement of all 3 sections camping in the hall at the same time made some
restless with mischief on their minds...
Falcon woke everyone around 4am with a rousing
that will never be forgotten, (the pots and pans will never be the same again.
After ironing the cubs, Joey scouts, Scouts and
Leaders uniforms the night before I was very proud to see how smart they all
looked when we set off from the hall for the short walk to the cenotaph at the
RSL club for the dawn service.
The kids handed out the program to the
hundreds of attendees, and laid a wreath along with others at the foot of the
memorial.
It was a moving experience and I was proud to have
been able to share it with such great people.
After the service we headed back to the Hall for
Pancakes with maple syrup !!! Yummy Scrummy....
And before we knew it we were off again, this time
with 2000 Australian flags to hand out to spectators along the route of the
Parade.
We proudly marched alongside the Lennox Scout
Group and Ballina Girl guides
The behavior and the big turn out from the
Ballina Group for the Dawn Service and the parade was absolutely brilliant.
