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Anzac Day services guide

ANZAC Day services across Geelong, the Bellarine Peninsula and Surf Coast include:
Geelong
Johnstone Park commemorative service and wreath-laying ceremony, Geelong Peace Memorial, 4:15am
Lara RSL, 2 Rennie St, commemorative service, 4.30am
Boer War Memorial, corner of Kilgour St and Latrobe Tce, Geelong (opposite Kardinia Park main entrance) Alpha Company 8/7 RVR service and wreath laying ceremony, 6:30am
Osborne House, commemorative service, 8am
St Mary of the Angels Basilica, commemorative mass, 9am
Geelong RSL War Memorial, Barwon Heads Rd, Belmont, wreath-laying service, 9.30am
Norlane RSL march, corner of Melbourne Rd (service lane) and Sparks Rd, followed by wreath-laying service, Norlane RSL branch, Rose Ave, Norlane, 9.30am
Geelong RSL sub-branch march, corner Malop and Yarra Sts, concludes Johnstone Park followed by commemorative and wreath laying service, 11am

Johnstone Park live site (weather permitting)
4.15am Geelong dawn service, followed by dawn service from Australian War Memorial and the start of the Melbourne Anzac march
9am Replay Geelong dawn service
10.30am Geelong march and commemorative service
12.30pm Gallipoli dawn service
1.30pm Villers-Bretonneux dawn service
2.30 Shrine of Remembrance service followed by ABC TV WWI documentaries
4.30pm Lone Pine day service
5.15pm close
6pm City Hall sound and light show

Bellarine Peninsula
Portarlington Cenotaph, WG Little Reserve/Cannon Park, Portarlington and St Leonards RSL sub-branch dawn service, 6am
Ocean Grove Cenotaph, Ocean Grove Park, The Avenue, Ocean Grove and Barwon Heads RSL sub-branch dawn service, assembles 6.05am, piper Call to Arms 6.10am
Barwon Heads march and wreath-laying ceremony, corner Hitchcock Ave and Bridge Rd, followed by commemorative and wreath laying ceremony at Barwon Heads Cenotaph, 8.45am
Ocean Grove and Barwon Heads RSL sub-branch march, The Terrace, followed by commemorative and wreath laying ceremony, Cenotaph, Ocean Grove Park, 9.45am
Drysdale Primary School Assembly Hall service, 10am, followed by Drysdale RSL sub-branch march, CFA hall, Princess St to cenotaph, followed by commemorative and wreath-laying service 10.45am
Ocean View Lookout, commemorative service, Hesse St, Queenscliff, 5.30am

Surf Coast
Point Danger, Torquay, commemorative service, followed by gun fire breakfast 7am, reunion at Torquay Bowls Club, 8am, about 15,000 expected, two screens available for viewing
Free park-and-ride provided by Victorian Government, Surf Coast Shire and McHarry’s Buslines from Spring Creek Reserve to Dawn Service 5am to 6am, return to Spring Creek Reserve 7am to 8am
Anglesea RSL, 1 Murray St, commemorative service, 9am

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