Some thoughts flowing from attendance at Remembrance Day 2015 in Mount Gambier. Published in our local paper today. For me, it’s the simplicity of silence at Remembrance Day that stands out. That point in our gathering where there are no voices or instruments; the only noise being the cars driving along Wehl and Commercial streets. …

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The President of Mount Gambier’s Returned Services League (Bob Sandow) read the piece below at our Remembrance Day Service today. As always, it’s a privilege to be involved. SYMBOLISM OF MOUNT GAMBIER’S SOLDIER’S MEMORIAL When addressing the assemblage in Vansittart Park at the ceremony of unveiling of the Fallen Soldiers’ Monument on Sunday, 1st October, …

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