Anzac Day
Richard RIORDAN (Polwarth) (09:38): I would like to inform the house this morning about the marvellous volunteers and communities right across Polwarth that came out in great numbers on Anzac Day. Right across Polwarth of course it is a bit like Christmas for the local member. You get so many invitations and so many communities doing their best to honour past veterans and commitments by local communities. I would just like to list the communities across my region that came out in force either at dawn services or later in the morning, around 11 or 12. We had the townships of Port Campbell, Cobden, Derrinallum and Lismore, Camperdown, Colac, Cressy, Winchelsea, Apollo Bay, Torquay, Beech Forest, Lorne and Anglesea.
But the one I want to highlight the most is the Timboon community. There is an action group down there, Timboon Action, headed up by Heather Martin, Leeanne Whitehead, Peter Pope and Darcy McGlade. Timboon came together for the first time in nearly 50 years to put an Anzac march and service together, which was a great event in the community, run mainly by younger members of the community. They gathered in volunteers and many others and put a march on and a fine service. So well done to Timboon Action for coming together and joining along with so many other communities across Polwarth.