Anzac Day across the south-west is shaping up to be fine, with a predicted temperature of 19 degrees tomorrow in Warrnambool.
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Today the Bureau of Meteorology has also predicted a top of 19, with a small chance of rain.
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Anzac Day ceremonies
The sacrifice of our war veterans will be remembered at Anzac Day services across the south-west on Thursday.
Warrnambool's traditional dawn service will start at 6am, following a short march to the war memorial where, for the first time this year, there will be a reading in appreciation of the war service given by Aboriginal soldiers.
It will be followed by a tour of war graves at the Warrnambool cemetery from 8.30am.
A street march down Liebig Street will begin at 10.30am for the memorial service at 11am which will be followed by wreath laying.
Other services include:
- A 6.30am dawn service in Port Fairy and a march and commemorative service 10.15am.
- Camperdown dawn service is at 6am, followed by a march and service at 10.30am.
- Cobden's service is at 11am.
- Derrinallum's service is at 10.30am.
- Dennington will hold a community breakfast opposite the war memorial at 7.30am, and a march and service from 9am.
- Ellerslie service at 9am.
- Hawkesdale's dawn service at 6am.
- Koroit's service at 12.30am.
- Mortlake will hold a march and service from 10am.
- Noorat's service is at 8am.
- Panmure will hold a march and service at 2pm.
- Terang's dawn service starts at 5.45am followed by a march and commemorative service at 10am.
- Yambuk's dawn service starts at 6.30am.
- Portland's dawn service is at 6.35am followed by a march and service at 10.30am.
- Hamilton's dawn service is at 6.30am. A march and commemorative service will be held at 10am.
- Heywood's march and service is at 10am.
- Macarthur's service is at 11am.
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