ANZAC DAY

This lovely riverside walk way is what good living in Sydney offers, space & serenity. ANZAC DAY is a national holiday when Australia & New Zealand remember their war dead from WWI (notably Gallipoli and similar remembrance actvitities are held in Turkey) WWII (the Asia Pacific Theatre) the unpopular Vietnam War and of course recent conflicts in Irag & Afghanistan where young soliders died for their countries.

I attended an organ recital at St Andrew's Church next to Town Hall sponsored by members of the War Widows Association. Older and younger women, who obviously lost their husbands, were busy at work and I could feel the sense of unity and mutual support, despite the sadness. On televison I learned about LEGACY, set up in 1923 with the single mission of looking after children of soldiers who never returned. A movement that survived and prospered, 'children' who benefitted over the years have moved to become community leaders and they formed a branch of this support group. It is a noteworthy humane story. The NatGeo channel broadcasted non-stop some of the finest war documentaries, all day, I was in heaven.