Riders from the 8 Indi Light Horse on the banks of the Murray River at the Anzac Day service in Barmah. The riders are (from left) Neil Pankhurst from Barmah, Kerry Bruce from Barmah and Ross Smith from Tallangatta.
Returned service people and relatives marching in the Barmah Anzac Day service.
Barmah’s Anzac Day commemoration attendance has exceeded the town’s population.
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The turnout has been getting bigger each year as organisers do their best to provide a meaningful experience at the town’s war memorial.
This year an estimated 300 people gathered at the memorial, which has the Murray River as a backdrop.
Little Henry Button-Mansfield, 5, raised the flag with some assistance from dad, Dwayne, at the Barmah Anzac Day service. The two are from Barmah-Cummeragunja.
The parade of ex-service people and their relatives included three riders in Light Horse regalia, a Furphy water cart and 23 horses from the Nathalia Pony Club.
The ceremony, conducted by the Nathalia-Picola RSL, included the singing of the New Zealand national anthem, in Maori, by Naomi Stent, who has recently moved to Nathalia with her partner Josef.
Naomi, who went to school in New Zealand, said she recalled the days when students had to learn the song in both Maori and English.
Tania Colman, originally from Katunga, served in the Australian Navy for 20 years and now lives in Melbourne. She was in Barmah for the service.
The crowd attending the Barmah Anzac Day service was larger than the town’s population.
Singer Mick Dowlan giving a rendition of Tenterfield Saddler.
Riders recalled the Australian Light Horse at the Barmah Anzac Day service. The Murray River is in the background.
An Anzac Day artwork made by Barmah resident Sharon Gallaway, using bottletops.
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