Tablelanders will have the opportunity to reflect on the sacrifices made by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) at services held across the region on Monday, April 25.
Commemorations will begin with dawn services at Atherton, Herberton, Malanda, Millaa Millaa, Mt Garnet, Ravenshoe and Yungaburra.
Evelyn will host a 6.30am service at the war memorial on Jonsson Road and Yungaburra residents will gather at 7.45am in Maude Kehoe Place for a main parade and service.
Services will continue during the morning with a 9am mass at St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Atherton and war graves observance at 9.30am before the main parade departs at 10.45am from the old Atherton RSL.
A service at the grave site of Padre White in the Herberton Cemetery will commence at 9am with a main parade through the town centre starting at the Royal Hotel at 9.50am.
Mt Garnet’s main parade will assemble at the old Railway Station site at 9am with a morning tea afterwards at the Town Hall. For the Malanda main parade, people will assemble behind Malanda Bulk Fuel at 9.10am. In Ravenshoe the main parade will start at 9.30am and in Millaa Millaa at 10.15am. The Innot Hot Springs service will begin at 10am in the Progress Hall.
Tablelands regional council mayor Joe Paronella said the new councillors will be attending a variety of services across the region and encouraged residents to explore the Tablelands Anzac Trail which was created for the Anzac Centenary.
“If you want to know about our regions rich wartime history, the Tablelands Anzac Trail is a great way to find out,” Cr Paronella said.
“The trail explores over 60 war and natural memorials, buildings, cemeteries and museums,” he said.
