A time to reflect

Photo: Valerie Hornbuckle

From the chilly dawn service around Mount Macedon's Memorial Cross to the slightly warmer streets of Kyneton with the sun peeping through the clouds a few hours later, Anzac Day was honoured across the district by thousands of locals, who, if the Kyneton service was anything to go by, are coming out each year in increasing numbers as we approach the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Anzac spirit.

In Kyneton around the cenotaph, the catafalque party stood still and silent throughout the service as the 4th/19th Prince Of Wales regiment's Lt Col Ian Upjohn gave the Anzac Day address.

Former members of the armed forces including Vietnam veterans, a scattering of WWII vets and current members of the army, some wearing the distinctive Afghan campaign medal, gathered under the oak trees of the Mechanics Reserve to pay tribute to those who contributed so much to enable us to be who and what we are today.