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ANZAC Day 2016

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Yesterday I took my sister into town early so that she could march with Singleton Town Band in the ANZAC Day march. It turned out we had times wrong, but only so that we got there really early and before any of the roads got blocked off. Though speaking of blocked off roads the people who did it did a really bad job as they managed to block off roads that were really far away but they totally missed blocking off the actual road that the people and horses were marching down. There were a few rather.... very unsafe situation, but luckily, as far as I know, nothing bad happened.


There are quite a few people from out church in the town band, SO I got a shot of them, though some are not in this photo as they did not arrive until later. 



Kids from the boy and girl scouts handed out flags to many of the people who started gathering to watch the parade. 


Two soldiers on horses followed the police car that lead the parade.

 They had swords.... rather cool.


 Then came the band and some soldiers who I think are/have been training to serve, next were the veterans from many different wars that our country has fought in. Then other organizations and kids from different schools in Singleton, and the pony club...



The bugle player from band played for the service that we had next. As did the rest of band, but mostly they just sat and listened. It was a lot shorter than last year's service because that was extra long being the 100 year anniversary. 







  Because the flying foxes have destroyed the park and we can't get to the memorial there we have this new memorial thing. It is kinda odd though, how do you commemorate people who will serve....? But anyway it was a lovely day for it and I got to talk to a lot of people. (Well a lot for little introverted me anyway)

I wore my 'professional' clothes with my watermark embroidered on them and two other people from the Singleton photography group recognized me and we chatted a while. And I bumped into a few other people too. There were a lot of people there this year too, and because I looked professional people did not seem to mind me like they did last year and some actually moved out of my way which was rather nice, so I managed to get quite a few good photos.

 Lest we forget.


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Clare Farrelly is a professional photographer. She is an Australian and lives in NSW Australia. In her free time she likes to read, do random crafts or sewing projects found on Pinterest, journal, write articles and stories. Most important, she is a daughter of the living God, saved by his grace.

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20 comments

  1. Alice Farrelly26 April 2016 at 16:09

    Lovely photos.

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  2. Evangeline26 April 2016 at 16:54

    Lest we forget *bows head and remembers*

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    1. Clare26 April 2016 at 18:40

      The memory of our soldiers who fought and died and those who survived.

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    2. Evangeline26 April 2016 at 18:44

      Exactly! My great grandfather fought

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  3. Optimistic Existentialist26 April 2016 at 17:52

    Great photos!! Looks like it was a wonderful time :)

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    1. Clare26 April 2016 at 18:27

      Thanks, it was a great time, it is good to remember those who died so that we could have the country we have now.

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    2. Evangeline26 April 2016 at 18:45

      ^^^

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  4. Anonymous26 April 2016 at 21:46

    Lovely pictures Clare! What is a flying fox?

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    1. Clare27 April 2016 at 08:00

      Thanks, a flying fox is the proper name for a bat. And also the name of a zip line kinda thing, in this case I meant the bat/animal kind.

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    2. Anonymous27 April 2016 at 11:24

      Hmm...interesting! Thanks!

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    3. Clare27 April 2016 at 13:57

      Well thanks for the comment, it made me laugh a little. I started imagining foxes that could fly.... and that got interesting.

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    4. Anonymous29 April 2016 at 21:27

      I was thinking they must be similar to flying squirrels and yes, laughing a little too. I googled "flying foxes" though and found a few pictures. I can see why they are called that-their faces really do look like a fox.

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    5. Clare30 April 2016 at 08:18

      Yep Google is good for things like that.

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  5. Bonnie Sampson27 April 2016 at 04:59

    This is awesome! I love Anzac Day. It is really neat that you have a blog, Clare - I sometimes feel swamped in American blogs who do Thanksgiving posts and no Anzac posts!! :D Your photos are lovely. Also thank you for my sweet little owl bookmark - I keep forgetting to write and tell you thanks for it. It's so cute!

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    1. Clare27 April 2016 at 08:08

      Thanks, I often feel swamped by the American blogs a bit too, not that I don't enjoy reading them most of the time, and it is cool to be able to connect with people from all around the world. I kinda know so many amazing people through blogging that I would never have known otherwise.

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  6. Emily Dempster27 April 2016 at 07:52

    The photos are great, Clare! I was sorry I wasn't able to join in again this year - it looks like it went well, though. :)

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    1. Clare27 April 2016 at 08:09

      Thanks, it did, hopefully you will make it next year.

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  7. Jess28 April 2016 at 05:54

    I had never heard of ANZAC before, but then again, I'm American! And I think it's known world-wide that American's tend to be more ignorant than everyone else haha!

    It's so inspiring what you're doing with your photography! I'm an amateur photographer, can't actually even call myself a photographer really, but it's fun. And I'm also a homeschooled writer, I graduated last year and am the oldest daughter! I was looking for a way to follow your blog, but I couldn't find one…I'll be back for sure though!

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    1. Clare28 April 2016 at 08:21

      There is a follow by email thing on the side bar just above the popular posts and if you use blogger you can just copy my blog address and add it too your reading list on your blogger dashboard, you can also find me on bloglovin and pinterest, there are buttons on the sideboard with links to me there.

      ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. I am so glad I can inspire you, we sound very similar; photographers, writers, eldest daughters and homeschool graduates! Great to meet you, please do come back, I shall also be checking out your blog.

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