Anzac Day

  • Baker’s recipe for success

    The nation’s best store-bought Anzac Biscuits come from Colac district’s own Irrewarra Sourdough, a taste test has revealed.

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  • Letters preserve diggers’ tales

    Hundreds of photographs and letters of Colac’s original ANZAC soldiers Richard Bassett and Alec Sitlington have revealed moments frozen in time of their journey to Fromelles during the First World War.

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  • Anzac spirit is alive in Colac

    “It’s the Anzac spirit, you’re always thinking of your mates before yourself.”

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  • Time for commemoration

    Colac district people will reflect, respect and remember at Anzac Day services across the region tomorrow, saluting servicepeople past and present.

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  • School leads Anzac tribute

    Colac Secondary College students have paid respect to returned servicemen and women who are resting in Colac Cemetery.

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  • Colac shows the ANZAC spirit

    The Anzac spirit was well and truly alive across the Colac district, as thousands of Colac district people gathered at services to commemorate Australia and New Zealand’s servicemen and women.

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  • Frank’s special day

    Colac’s Frank Whitehead marked his birthday and Anzac Day this week alongside family at Mercy Aged Care Colac.

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  • Flags honour Colac’s diggers

    Colac Secondary College student leaders have paused to reflect on the service and sacrifices of Colac district returned servicepeople, erecting Australian flags at their gravestones to commemorate them.

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