I arrived at Anzac Square on the special train at about 4am. This is what the Shrine of Remembrance looked like - the granite near the camera makes up the banister of the steps leading down to Anzac Square from the Shrine.

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The Anzac Day march in Brisbane started at 10am, and the van of the march arrived at my vantage point at about 10.10am.

The first 15 minutes or so of the march are shown in this video:

And then the marchers just kept on coming.

HMAS Brisbane. (HMAS = Her Majesty’s Australian Ship (His Majesty’s during WW 2))

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Gabcast! Brisbane Is Home - click ‘play’ to hear live sounds from Anzac Day in Brisbane #5

Free sausage sizzle just across Ann St, originally uploaded by David.

At the Grand Central Hotel on Ann St, out the front of the station and just across from Anzac Square, radio station 4BC is putting on a free sausage sizzle. There’s coffee as well, which suits me just fine at this hour of the morning.

Eternal Flame: Shrine of Remembrance, originally uploaded by David.

This is the Eternal Flame burning at the Shrine of Remembrance. It’s now just after 6am, the sky is bright, and the crowd is still lining up to look at the flame and the wreaths that people have dedicated to the memory of their relatives.