Rainbow Beach Remembers: ANZAC DAY SATURDAY 25TH APRIL 2026

Drew Braban, President, Rainbow Beach RSL Sub Branch

Australians commemorate Anzac Day on 25 April every year on the day when Australian and New Zealand soldiers landed on Gallipoli in 1915. 

Anzac Day is a time for all Australians to recognise the more than 1.5 million service men and women who have served our country in all conflicts, wars and peacekeeping operations. It's also a time to remember those who sacrificed their lives in our country's name.

After the First World War, returned soldiers sought the comradeship they felt in those quiet, peaceful moments before dawn. A dawn vigil, recalling the wartime front line practice of the dawn stand-to, became the basis of a form of commemoration after the war. 

RAINBOW BEACH RSL SUB-BRANCH WILL BE CONDUCTING THE FOLLOWING ON ANZAC DAY:

A Dawn Service will commence at 5:30 AM at the Cenotaph adjacent to the Rainbow Beach Surf Club following which a gunfire breakfast will be held.  

A March through town will begin at 10:00 AM from the corner of Rainbow Beach Road and Clarkson Drive to the Cenotaph, followed by an Anzac Day memorial service. Marchers will assemble at 9:45 AM.

Rainbow Beach Road will consequently be closed at the corner with Clarkson Drive at the eastern side of the intersection and up to and including the intersection with Wide Bay Esplanade. Kirchner Street will be closed at the southern side of the intersection with Taylor Lane. The duration of these closures will be from 9:00 am to 10:15 am.

This ANZAC Day, join Rainbow Beach RSL Sub Branch in honouring the courage, sacrifice and mateship of all who have served.

Every person who takes part in ANZAC Day helps to carry the ANZAC legacy forward.