2015 A final look back as Connecting Spirits looks forward….

The Centenary of Anzac Day: Connecting Spirits at Westminster Abbey

Last month on that special day in April, the 2015 Connecting Spirits group  of 30 students and adults from Meningie Area School, Findon High School, Mannum Community College, Lameroo Regional School and Unity College completed a three week pilgrimage to the former WW1 battlefields of the western front. 

The fitting end to this amazing journey was Anzac Day in London on the centenary of that fateful landing on the shores of Gallipoli on April 25, 1915. So in looking back at this tour months on from its end, I return to that day and all of its memories.

4.00 am…London hotel Anzac Day 2015…the day began with bleary eyed travelers gathering in the hotel ready for the walk to the Australian War Memorial in Hyde Park. Normally it would only be a 15 minute stroll but due to the massive numbers attending the service and the extensive security checks in place, it took nearly an hour to enter the area of the service. Young Aussie and Kiwi expats were everywhere along with members of the military, political and Royal family.