ANZAC day is commemorated by Australia & New Zealand every 25th of April every year to honour members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZACs) who fought at Gallipoli in Turkey during World War I. It is also celebrated in the Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa and Tonga.
It is a National public holiday and is considered one of the most spiritual and solemn days of the year in Australia. Marches by veterans from all past wars, current serving members of the Australian Defence Force, cadets, scouts, guides and other uniformed service groups, are held in capital cities and towns nationwide. The Anzac Day Parade from each state capital is televised live with commentary. These events are generally followed by social gatherings of veterans, hosted either in a pub or in an RSL Club, often including a traditional Australian gambling game called two-up, which was an extremely popular pastime with ANZAC soldiers. The importance of this tradition is demonstrated by the fact that though most Australian states have laws forbidding gambling outside of designated licensed venues, on Anzac Day it is legal to play “two-up”.
Australian Football
During many wars, Australian rules football matches have been played overseas in places like northern Africa and Vietnam as a celebration of Australian culture and as a bonding exercise between soldiers.In 1975 the VFL/AFL first celebrated Anzac Day and the ANZAC spirit with a match of Australian rules football between Essendon and Carlton in a once-off match in front of a large crowd of 77,770 at VFL Park, Waverley, with Essendon coming out winners.
The modern day tradition began in 1995 and is played every year between traditional AFL rivals Collingwood and Essendon at the MCG. This annual blockbuster is often considered the biggest match of the AFL season outside of the finals, sometimes drawing bigger crowds than all but the Grand Final, and often selling out in advance; a record crowd of 94,825 people attended the inaugural match in 1995. The ANZAC Medal is awarded to the player in the match who best exemplifies the ANZAC Spirit - skill, courage, self-sacrifice, teamwork and fair play.
Rugby league
Beginning in 1997, the ANZAC Test, a rugby league test match has commemorated Anzac Day, though it is typically played a week prior to Anzac Day. The match is always played between the Australian and New Zealand national teams, and has drawn attendances between 20-45,000 in the past.
Domestically, matches have played on Anzac Day since 1926 (with occasional exceptions). Since 2002, the National Rugby League (NRL) have followed the lead of the Australian Football League, hosting a match between traditional rivals St George Illawarra Dragons and the Sydney Roosters each year to commemorate Anzac Day in the Club ANZAC Game.
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While having this holiday last Friday… We had a barbecue BBQ supposedly @ Homebush but it keeps on raining for the past few days then we just had it at Ate Sally’s house “21 Wyalong St. Burwood, NSW” just at the back of Mameg’s place.. hehe
Everyone attended… all of Rocknold’s family…
Mameg who got 3 daughters named Ate Sally, Ate Bebie & Ate Bicky… She have big Joanne staying w/ her since 9 years old…
Ate Sally is the eldest and married to Terry… They got 3 childrens named Ingrid married to Joe, James & Mae
Ate Bebie w/ her hubby Kuya Ninoy just lived next door have 2 children named Sam & small Joanne
Ate Bicky is w/ Keith who lives @ Wiley Park and have 2 children Anna married to Jimmy, they have a son named Sean and the youngest is Billy who got a nice car 
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