Anzac Day 2017: dawn service times and opening hours across Victoria

NO matter where you are in Victoria there is an Anzac Day service, march or commemoration. Plan your day with dawn service start times, marches and the latest weather.

WHETHER you are attending the Anzac Day dawn service at the Shrine of Remembrance or paying your respects elsewhere, it’s a chance for Victorians to pay tribute to sacrifices made in the past and those yet to come.

No matter where you are in Victoria there is a service, march or commemoration of those who paid the ultimate price fighting for their country.

See below for service times.

Melburnians attending the Shrine and the march should pack wet weather gear, with a mild but wet start to Anzac Day predicted.

The Bureau of Meteorology warns there will a “very high (90%) chance of rain, easing to showers in the early morning”.

There’s also the chance of a morning thunderstorm with an overnight low of 15C and a top of 19C.

Conditions will be patchy throughout the afternoon for the sold-out MCG clash between Essendon and Collingwood, starting at 3.20pm, with passing showers expected.

Wednesday will be worse in Melbourne with showers, thunder, hail and winds up to 40km/h predicted with a top of just 14C.

Click here for the latest weather forecast for your area.

Just like 2015, there will be plenty of umbrellas at Melbourne’s Shrine tomorrow with wet conditions forecast. Picture: Getty

There have been plenty of wet Anzac Days in Melbourne. Heavy rain swamped the parade in 1986.

SERVICES

Melbourne’s largest dawn service will begin at 6am at the Shrine of Remembrance, St Kilda Rd.

There will be six screens around the Shrine for all patrons to watch the service.

A traditional gunfire breakfast will be served on St Kilda Rd, in front of the Victoria Barracks, straight after.

The breakfast will include baked beans, sausage, bread and tea or coffee — all for a gold coin donation.

Veterans will march to the Shrine from Princes Bridge, outside Flinders Street Station, from 9am.

A commemorative service will be held at the Shrine at the conclusion of the march.

Paying respect at the Shine of Remembrance. Picture: Nicole Garmston

HOW TO GET THERE

Early trains, trams and buses will transport thousands to the Shrine of Remembrance.

Free buses will also transport those attending the dawn service from the following locations:

* Chadstone via Ashburton and Camberwell

* Croydon via Ringwood East

* Dandenong via Noble Park, Springvale, Clayton and Oakleigh

* Doncaster via Balwyn North, Kew and Victoria Park (Jock McHale Stadium)

* Essendon Football Ground (Windy Hill)

* Greensborough via Watsonia

* Mitcham via Blackburn, Box Hill and Balwyn

* Mordialloc via Mentone and Sandringham

* Templestowe via West Heidelberg

* Thomastown via Reservoir and Coburg

* Wantirna via Scoresby, Glen Waverley and Mt Waverley

* Williamstown via Yarraville

Passengers must book a seat by clicking here.

From 5.45am, no trams will operate along St Kilda Rd between Domain Interchange and Southbank Boulevard.

ROAD CLOSURES

Monday, April 24, 7pm, to Tuesday, April 25, 2pm

Birdwood Avenue between Domain Road and ANZAC Avenue

Dallas Brooks Dve between Birdwood Ave and Domain Rd

The massive attendance at last year’s Anzac Day dawn service in Melbourne. Picture: Nicole Garmston

Monday, April 24, midnight to Tuesday, April 25, 2pm

ANZAC Ave between Birdwood Ave and St Kilda Rd

Coventry St between Wells St and St Kilda Rd

St Kilda Rd between Domain Rd and Princes Bridge

Grant St between Wells St and St Kilda Rd

Linlithgow Ave between Alexandra Ave and St Kilda Rd

Wadey St between St Kilda Rd and Wells St

Anzac Day in Melbourne. Picture: Nicole Garmston

Tuesday, April 25, 5am to 2pm

Collins St between Elizabeth St and Exhibition St. Russell ST intersection to remain open.

Domain St between Domain Rd and Toorak Rd

Dorcas St between Wells St and St Kilda Rd

Elizabeth St between Collins St and Flinders St

Flinders Lane between Russell St and Swanston St

Flinders St between Queen St and Russell St

Government House Dve between Government House and St Kilda Rd

Swanston St between Princes Bridge and Little Collins St

Swanston St/St Kilda Rd, between Bourke St and Linlithgow Ave

DAWN SERVICES AROUND VICTORIA

4.15AM

Johnston Park, Geelong

5AM

St Peters Anglican Church, Kinglake

5.30AM

Anzac Place, Emerald

Reedy Flat Memorial

Tangambalanga Cenotaph

Riverside Gardens, Murchison

Memorial Clocktower, Ringwood

Tyers Cenotaph

Mt Macedon Memorial Cross

Memorial Gardens, Yackandandah

Dawn Service at Cockatoo RSL.

5.45AM

Altona Cenotaph

Apollo Bay War Memorial

Village Green, Bacchus Marsh

626 Mountain Highway, Bayswater

Croydon War Memorial

Cranbourne RSL

Echuca Cenotaph

Euroa RSL

275 Maroondah Highway, Healesville

Heinz Reserve Cenotaph. Essendon

Anzac Day memorial crosses at Queenscliff.

Bonnie Doon Memorial

Mount Evelyn War Memorial Gardens

Reservoir Cenotaph

Swan Hill Cenotaph

Memorial Gardens, Tatura

Terang RSL

Violet Town War Memorial

Yarra Junction Cenotaph

Woodland Grove, Wodonga

Wonthaggi Cenotaph

Ocean View car park, Queenscliff

6AM

McLean Reserve, Ballan

Benalla Botanic Gardens

Bendigo Cenotaph

Casey Council Office, Narre Warren

Memorial Clocktower, Bright

War Memorial, Camperdown

Caulfield RSL

Remembrance Gardens, Clayton

Clunes RSL

Cobram War Memorial

Cockatoo RSL

Cohuna Cic Park

Coleraine Cenotaph

Remembrance Day at the Ringwood Clock Tower. Ringwood Secondary College students address those gathered. Picture: Lawrence Pinder

Memorial Gardens, Corryong

Creswick Cenotaph

Ferny Creek War Memorial

Laurimar Primary School, Doreen

Memorial Hall, Dromana

Dunolly Cenotaph

East Malvern RSL

Elmore Memorial Hall

195 Harvest Home Road, Epping

135 Lorne Street, Fawkner

Flemington Cenotaph

Frankston War Memorial

Remembrance Park, Gembrook

Mount Macedon Cross

Glenroy RSL

Flowers laid at the Glenroy RSL on Anzac Day.

Greensborough War Memorial Park

Hastings RSL

Monuments Main Street, Bannockburn

Inverloch RSL

Kerang Cenotaph

Kooweerup Memorial Hall

Lakes Entrance Cenotaph

Lara RSL

Leongatha Cenotaph

Maffra Cenotaph

McLandress Square, Maryborough

Soldiers’ Memorial Gardens, Mathoura

Melton Cenotaph

Mentone RSL

Village Green, Metung

Henderson Park, Mildura

Petrie Park, Montmorency

Morwell RSL

Memorial Gates, Murtoa

Myrtleford Cenotaph

Nathalia Cenotaph

Goldsworthy Park, Nhill

Oakleigh Cenotaph

Orbost Cenotaph

Pakenham Cenotaph

Penshurst Cenotaph

Cowes Cenotaph

Portarlington Cenotaph

Robinvale Cenotaph

Rosebud RSL

Rushworth Memorial

Rye RSL

Sale Cenotaph

Memorial Park, Shepparton

Sorrento Cenotaph

Napier Street, St Arnaud

Stawell War Memorial

Sunbury Memorial Hall

Point Danger, Torquay

Trafalgar Thorpdale RSL

Upwey RSL

Warrnambool War Memorial

Watsonia RSL

Glen Waverley Cenotaph

Soldiers Memorial Park, Wedderburn

Memorial Park, Port Albert

Club Mulwala, Mulwala

The Parade, Caroline Springs

289 Centre Dandenong Road, Cheltenham

Pillars of Freedom, Dandenong

Ocean Grove Memorial

Walhalla Cenotaph

6.10AM

Ocean Grove Park

Sawyer Park Cenotaph, Horsham

Lest we forget.

6.30AM

Town Hall Gardens, Beechworth

Vincent Street, Daylesford

Dimboola Memorial Secondary College

Kaniva Cenotaph

Anzac Memorial Hall, Lorne

Railway Place, Port Fairy

Memorial Triangle, Portland

Sunshine RSL

Tongala RSL

Werribee Cenotaph

Sheep Hills Hall, Warracknabeal

7AM

Memorial Park, Drouin

Bicentennial Park, Mount Beauty

Warragul Cenotaph

8.30AM

Memorial Park, Templestowe

WHERE YOU CAN PLAY TWO UP (legally)

Anzac Day two-up game at the Mail Exchange Hotel in Melbourne.

Altona RSL

Avoca Race Couse

Bairnsdale RSL

The George Home of the Ballarat RSL

Bendigo and District RSL

Bentleigh RSL — Cheltenham Campus

Box Hill RSL

The Club, Caroline Springs

Caulfield RSL

Cockatoo RSL

Colac RSL

Cranbourne RSL

The American Hotel, Creswick

Dandenong RSL

Gladstone Hotel, Dookie

The Peninsula Club, Dromana

East Malvern RSL

American Hotel, Echuca

Emerald RSL

Epping RSL

George Bass Hotel, Bass

Geelong RSL

Greensbourogh RSL

Hastings RSL

RSL Public Hall, Heathcote

Highett RSL

Yackandandah Hotel

Lakes Entrance RSL

Lorne Hotel

Mail Exchange Hotel, Melbourne

Melton Country Club

Mildura RSL

Moe Racing Club

Montmorency RSL

Two-up at the East Malvern RSL in Melbourne.

Morwell RSL

Mount Beauty Senior Citizens Club

York on Lilydale, Mount Evelyn

Noble Park RSL

Shamrock RSL

Oakleigh RSL

Marlo Hotel

Reservoir RSL

Ringwood RSL

Rochester Hotel

Lancefield Hotel

Rosebud RSL

Mitcham Bowling Club

Duke of Wellington, Melbourne

Palace Hotel, South Melbourne

Seaford RSL

Shepparton RSL

Sunshine RSL

Swan Hill Harness Racing Club

Sale RSL

Upper Yarra RSL

Ferntree Gully Hotel

Wangaratta RSL

Watsonia RSL

West Heidelberg Hotel

The Hub, Winchelsea

Woods Point Community Hall

Terminus Hotel, Yarrawonga

Lake Mulwala Hotel, Mulwala

Around the Eternal Flame during the dawn service at the Shrine last year. Picture: Hamish Blair

WHAT’S OPEN?

Victorian law says Anzac Day is a restricted trading day between 12.01am and 1pm. Only exempt shops are allowed to open including those with less than 20 staff, chemists, petrol stations, restaurants, cafes, takeaway outlets, service providers and hire outlets.

Melbourne attractions

Crown Casino: Closed from 4am to noon

Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium: 9.30am-6pm

Melbourne Zoo: 9am-5pm

Eureka Skydeck 88: 10am-10pm

Melbourne Star Observation Wheel: 1pm-10pm

Supermarkets

Coles, Woolworths, Aldi: most stores open from 1pm but check locally.

IGA: Some stores are open. Check locally

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