Today was ANZAC Day (Australia and New Zealand Army Corps). It's a public holiday, which means I don't have a single class this week :)
Anzac Day marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. When war broke out in 1914, Australia had been a federal commonwealth for only 13 years and was eager to establish its reputation among the nations of the world. Australian and New Zealand forces allied and landed on Gallipoli on 25 April, meeting fierce resistance from the Ottoman Turkish defenders. What had been planned as a bold stroke to knock Turkey out of the war quickly became a stalemate, and the campaign dragged on for eight months. At the end of 1915 the allied forces were evacuated, after both sides had suffered heavy casualties and endured great hardships. Over 8,000 Australian soldiers had been killed.
Originally, I was planning on going to the Dawn Service at the War Memorial at 5:30 am, which meant I would have to catch a bus at 4:30 am. Since I'm practically nocturnal anyway, I decided to stay up and do homework until it was time to head out. During that time, I heard it raining pretty hard off and on and decided that it was a bad idea to go since the temperature outside was a measly 8 Degrees (46 F) outside. I was able to make it to the 10:15 service, though. The agenda was different, but I'm glad I at least went to something.
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