ANZAC Day Dawn Service: Fri 25
The President and Members of the Magnetic Island RSL Sub-Branch Inc invite you, Island veterans, residents and visitors to attend Magnetic Island’s ANZAC Day Memorial Service on Friday 25th April 2025 at the Cenotaph at Alma Bay.
GUNFIRE BREAKFAST 4.40am: Marchers are invited to assemble at the Memorial Hall, 31 Hayles Avenue, Arcadia, from 4.40am for a Gunfire Breakfast of rum and milk, traditionally served to WWI soldiers at first light before battle to alleviate their nerves. You can also buy one of our new range of Anzac badges and the tickets you will need for food and drinks after the Service. Free sprigs of rosemary and pins will be available.
MARCH 5.10am: The parade assembles and at 5.20am and marches from the RSL Memorial Hall to Alma Bay Park.
DAWN SERVICE 5.30am at Alma Bay
The public are invited to gather at Alma Bay Park before 5.30am, on the southern (Geoffrey Bay) side of the Cenotaph. Please leave room on the other sides for the march and the official party.
As part of the ceremony, you would be welcome to lay a wreath. Alternatively, you may like to lay a book which will subsequently be donated to the Magnetic Island State School. The book should be suitable for primary school children and there is no requirement for it to be about the military or ANZAC Day – all books will contribute to the learning and development of the students at our Island school.
RSL MEMORIAL HALL BREAKFAST 6.15am
Everyone is welcomed to join us at the Memorial Hall where:
• $3 food and drinks tickets will be sold up and down the queue (cash only) AND at the drinks marquee (cash or CARDS accepted) with lower prices than last year!
• $3 food and drinks tickets will be sold up and down the queue (cash only) AND at the drinks marquee (cash or CARDS accepted) with lower prices than last year!
• Beers and ciders (2 tickets).
• UDL’s abd wine (3 tickets).
• Soft drinks and bottled water (1 ticket).
• BBQ’d Egg & Bacon sandwich (2 tickets).
• BBQ’d Egg & Bacon sandwich (2 tickets).
• Sausage & onions (1 ticket).
Inside the Hall there will be:
The bar, selling full range of drinks and TICKETS, for cash or CARDS.
• Tea or coffee with two Anzac Biscuits (2 tickets).
• Choice of cereals with fruit and milk (2 tickets).
• Waffles with jam & cream (2 tickets).
TRANSPORT
SeaLink will be running a service departing from Townsville at 4am - boarding at 3.45am. This service is for those attending the Dawn Service, not for general travel. Passengers on this service will be given a free return ticket when they emabark, for a return trip to Townsville on the same day.
Kinetic will provide a free bus services from Nelly Bay to the RSL at 4.35am, then pick up along the normal bus routes departing Picnic Bay and Horseshoe Bay.
PARKING
Parking for the Dawn Service: Opposite Alma Park, courtesy of Debbie Barber. Enter through the gate at the tree roundabout and please park considerately in orderly rows. We strongly recommend leaving your car here and walking down to the Hall. NB: The gate will be closed and locked again at 4pm on the 26th.
Parking at the RSL Hall: There is no bus stop now and only six car spaces in front of the Hall, so unfortunately surrounding streets will be the only option. Please be sure not to block our neighbours’ driveways and walkways.
Parking at the RSL Hall: There is no bus stop now and only six car spaces in front of the Hall, so unfortunately surrounding streets will be the only option. Please be sure not to block our neighbours’ driveways and walkways.
THANK YOU'S
Special thanks to our sponsors: IGA Nelly Bay, Magnetic Island Ferries, Sealink, Kinetic, Town Island Couriers, Magnetic Island Skips, and MI Ride Discovery Tours.
- and special thanks to our more than 50 volunteers!
- and special thanks to our more than 50 volunteers!
AFTER 'PARTIES'
Both the Arcadia Village Hotel and the Picnic Bay Hotel are hosting Two-Up and other entertainment in the afternoon.
Both the Arcadia Village Hotel and the Picnic Bay Hotel are hosting Two-Up and other entertainment in the afternoon.