A large crowd gathered in Jindabyne for both the Anzac Day dawn and mid morning service and march.

As the morning silence was broken for the Anzac Day dawn service a large crowd had gathered at Banjo Paterson Park to pay their respects to soldiers who have served and died from past conflicts.

This brisk Jindabyne morning did not deter residents and visitors, and it was only fitting that as the ceremony finished the glow of the sunrise illuminated the sky.

The mid-morning march was well attended with participants marching from the Town Centre on a revised route due to the high water of Lake Jindabyne crossing the lake foreshore path.

The Jindabyne ceremony is synonymous for tradition with the HMAS Albatross 723 Squadron attending from the late 1980’s and this year the Snowy Mountains Horse Riders Association celebrated 30 years of attending the Anzac Day ceremony in Jindabyne.

Lieutenant Commander Jon Dover was attending his first Jindabyne Anzac Day since joining the 723 Squadron.

“We spread out across the Shoalhaven region but 723 has a deep connection with Jindabyne, we have been coming here since the eighties,” said Lieutenant Commander Jon Dover.

The 723 Squadron is a joint helicopter school based at Nowra’s HMAS Albatross base who take on both army and navy students coming out of advanced flying training. The helicopter flyover during the mid morning ceremony was part of the squadron who had made the flight from Nowra to Jindabyne and return.

The Snowy Mountains Horse Riders Association (SMHRA) commenced riding at the 1992 Anzac Day march, usually attending both at the dawn service and mid morning service.

SMHRA member Bruce Hawkins said they were asked by Jimmy Crocker and Ruffy (Ian Graham) to attend 30 years ago.

“Milton Golby and I were the first two to attend the dawn service on horses, and after that of course it has expanded into what it is today,” said Bruce.

“We’ve always gone on to support the RSL, we always wanted to highlight the cultural heritage of the region which goes back to Elyne Mitchell (Silver Brumby author ) and Henry Chauvel, her father who was the commander and chief of the light horse (Light Horse Brigade).”

Bruce said that Banjo Paterson had a veterinary officers certificate given him for his association with the light horse and this area provided a lot of remounts.

"So horses are part of the culture of this area, so we’ve always been proud as I say to passively support the RSL, pay our respects and highlight the cultural heritage of the region.”

The Caldwell family have been involved with horses their entire life, with Roger Caldwell commenting "it’s been good to come back each year and hopefully we will keep going for a bit longer".

Roger said the group base themselves at the footy oval before riding the horses a short distance through town to join the march. He said the family are all involved as they are always riding anyway, and hopefully they will return next year for the dawn service.

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