Private reflections have replaced traditional public services and marches on an historic Anzac Day, amid coronavirus restrictions.
A far-from-traditional Anzac Day marked in isolation and in spirit has added new meaning to our most sacred day.
An Anzac Day commemorated individually around Australia and New Zealand, at the end of driveways, in front yards or inside homes at dawn.Not a normal Anzac Day, but a moving one nonetheless. "For that reason, whilst coronavirus is not a war, it's probably the closest that many generations have come to understand what it must be to face a challenge that can be deadly."In fact, a grassroots campaign on social media to"light up the dawn" may have actually drawn more people than normal to commemorate the 105th anniversary of the Gallipoli landing.
"The fact that Australians chose their own ways to honour our Anzacs, past and present, has, I think, added new meaning to the day." Also on Anzac Day 1919, a small group of Anzacs who had been tending the graves of their mates gathered on the shores of Gallipoli."And so our remembrances today, small, quiet and homely, will be."
"I think this is going to lead to a lot more people doing something on Anzac Day and remembering those sacrifices, both past and present," Mr Melick told AAP after standing on the front verandah of his Tasmanian property at dawn.#AnzacAtHome: Australians share their very different Anzac dawn service
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