SERVICE INFORMATION
Service starts 4.55am
Service concludes 6.00am
Location: On Mooloolaba Beach, in front of Mooloolaba Surf Life Saving Club.
General Public are kindly asked to enter the Service from the northside of the clubhouse building, onto the beach.
(General Public are not permitted to enter from Club Lane on the building’s southside. This area is restricted to VIPs and marching Veterans).
Veterans wishing to participate in the March should arrive via Club Lane’s VIP entrance at the southside of the clubhouse, reporting to Parade Marshal on arrival. Please arrive between 4.15am – 4.30am at the latest. This entrance enters into a restricted area, so will be attended by a security member.
Veterans wishing to attend the Service, not participating in the March, are welcomed onto the clubhouse member’s grass area, overlooking the beach. Access is via the brown side gate located on the northside of the Mooloolaba Surf Life Saving Clubhouse building. This area is strictly for Veterans, war widows and their carers. The gate enters into a restricted area, so will be attended by a security member.
Disability access is also provided for individuals in wheelchairs or with mobility issues. Access is via the clubhouse’s brown side gate, located on the northside of the Mooloolaba Surf Life Saving Club building. This gate enters into a restricted area, so will be attended by a security member.
For more information on disability access visit here.
Cancellations: In the event that the Service is cancelled, public notifications will be made via our club’s Facebook page @Mooloolaba Surf Life Saving Club
91.1 HOT FM will be broadcasting the Service live across the Sunshine Coast, from 5.00 am.
The ANZAC Day Dawn Service will include the traditional Last Post, with the Mooloolaba Surf Boats Raised Oar Salute during the one-minute silence. In a solemn and breathtaking symbolic act of remembrance, as the sun rises over the water, boat crews will paddle out, laying wreaths of native Australian flowers and then raise their oars to the haunting sounds of the Last Post.
The ceremony also includes retired Defence Force veterans leading the ANZAC Day ceremony and Ode, Sunshine Coast Grammar School Bel Canto Choir, and a Didgeridoo solo performance by Mr. Peter Tilney.
2024 marks the 15th Dawn Service held at Mooloolaba Beach, providing locals and visitors with an opportunity to honour and reflect on the sacrifices made by so many brave men and women.
Furthermore, The Surf Club Mooloolaba welcomes Mooloolaba Surf Life Saving Club Ex-Servicemen & Women and their partners, to the MOOLOOLABA SLSC GUNFIRE BREAKFAST
Numbers are limited and registrations have now closed due to reaching venue capacity.
If you would like to join our waitlist, please contact our club’s Engagement Officer directly to request late registration approval: amanda@mooloolabaslsc.com.au
LIGHT HORSE JACK – ANNOUNCEMENT (21 April 2024)
Mooloolaba Surf Life Saving Club regretfully announces the sad passing of our ANZAC Day horse Jack on Saturday 13th April 2024. The MSLSC were honoured to have Light Horse Jack play such an integral part of our ANZAC Day service for the last nine years. Jack was a much-loved member of the service and an honourary member of the Mooloolaba Surf Life Saving Club.
His owner and rider Trooper Rusty Perry would like our community to know of the sad passing of his horse Jack, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Woombye Troop. Jack was taken in by Rusty sixteen years ago as a broken down race horse and after many hours of love and care, Jack and Rusty became valued members of Woombye Light Horse.
Rusty and his horse Jack have supported our Dawn Service on Mooloolaba Beach since the Centenary of Gallipoli in 2015.
Rusty would like to thank our club members, veterans and community for your support over the years.
As such, this year, we would like to dedicate the 2024 ANZAC Day Service program to Jack.
Jack, with honour you served, and it was our honour to serve with you.
