ANZAC DAY 2026 – Barwon Heads
ANZAC DAY 2026 – Ocean Grove
ANZAC Day Ocean Grove and Barwon Heads 2025 Photos
Images from the Ocean Grove and Barwon Heads RSL Sub Branch ANZAC Day activities
Ocean Grove Barwon Heads RSL Sub Branch Bowling Team
Winners are grinners.
The successful Ocean Grove Barwon Heads RSL Sub Branch team returned home from Echuca with the 2025 Duke of Edinburgh Shield.
ANZAC Day Services
OCEAN GROVE BARWON HEADS RSL Sub-Branch
ANZAC Day Services Ocean Grove & Barwon Heads
Ocean Grove Barwon Heads RSL Sub-Branch will be conducting ANZAC Day commemoration services at the Cenotaph Ocean Grove and Cenotaph Barwon Heads.
ANZAC Day Dawn Service
When: 25th April 2025 6.00am Assembly, Piper Call to Arms 6.15am.
Where: The “Ocean Grove Park” Cenotaph, The Avenue, Ocean Grove.
Commemorative Dawn Service and wreath laying will be conducted by Ocean Grove Barwon Heads RSL Sub-Branch. The Dawn Service will include a Piper and Bugler.
Tea & light “Gunfire Breakfast” will be provided at the old fire station building, corner of Hodgson St and The Avenue at the conclusion of the service, thanks once again to the Rotary Club of Ocean Grove.
Barwon Heads ANZAC Day March and Service
Service: 9.00am 25th April, Barwon Heads Community Hall, Hitchcock Ave
March: 8.30am Assembly, Step off 8.45am sharp for Service 9.00am. The March participants
are to form up at 8.30am on the corner of Hitchcock Ave and Bridge Road, Barwon Heads.
At 8.45am sharp the March will step off and proceed down Hitchcock Ave to the
Cenotaph at the Barwon Heads Community Hall. The March will be accompanied by the
Geelong RSL Pipes and Drums.
The service will be led by Mr. Tony Wheal OAM and will include a Catafalque Party from Alpha Company of the 8th/7th Battalion the Royal Victoria Regiment and the hymns led by the Barwon Heads Chorale. The laying of wreaths will be led by Tony Wheal along with Federal, State and Local Government representatives. All are then welcome to stay for light refreshments.
Ocean Grove ANZAC Day March and Service
Service: 10.00am 25th April at The Cenotaph, Ocean Grove Park, The Avenue
March: 9.30am Assembly, Step off 9.45am sharp for Service 10.00am.
The March participants are to form up at 9.30am in front of the Commonwealth Bank, in The Terrace, Ocean Grove. At 9.45am sharp the March will step off and proceed down The Terrace and turn right into Presidents Avenue, with then turn right into The Avenue to the Cenotaph. The March will be accompanied by the Geelong RSL Pipes and Drums.
The Service will be led by the President of Ocean Grove Barwon Heads RSL Sub-Branch Mr Phil Edwards BM CSC and will include a Catafalque Party from Alpha Company of the 8th/7th Battalion Royal Victoria Regiment, The Geelong Concert Band and the Coryule Choir.
The laying of wreaths will be led by the President along with Federal, State and Local Government representatives.
All are then welcome back to the Ocean Grove Barwon Heads RSL at the Bowling Club, 18 The Terrace for refreshments.
Bellarine Veterans Group
Peter Turner byg@oceangroversl.com.au
Hi all, 10 veterans had a great tour to the Shrine of Remembrance yesterday.The presentation on the background & history of the Shrine on the outward ferry journey was an excellent precursor to the guided tour & helped to take our minds off the somewhat challenging seastate on the Bay.
The guided tour provided an interesting insight into the Shrine’s architecture, construction & function. It inspired all of us to return in to explore the Shrine’s galleries in more detail.On return to Docklands we had a well deserved late lunch & time to explore before the return ferry trip to Portarlington.The visit to the Shrine was a moving & poignant reminder of our military forebears & their service to Australia – an excellent lead-up to Anzac Day.
Lest we forget.
REMEMBRANCE DAY 2024
Geelong Veterans & Familys Hub
Geelong Veterans & Families Hub – begins trialing Outreach Satellite Sites.
As part of the future development of a purpose-built Geelong Veterans & Families hub at Geelong RSL some local RSL Sub-Branches across the region have volunteered to begin trialing Veteran Outreach Satellite Services for Veteran and Families Wellbeing and Compensation now.
In addition to providing support to veterans and families the satellites will be important in learning and helping inform the future outreach services.
Ocean Grove Barwon Heads RSL Sub-Branch has stepped up and is now operating a “drop in” trial outreach satellite at the Ocean Grove Bowls Club in the Board of Directors Room on the FIRST Wednesday of each month from 9am-1pm.
Feel free to drop in and have an informal chat with welfare and compensation advocates or just a general chat.
Some other RSL Sub-Branches will progressively commence trials on different weeks in the future.
ANZAC Badge selling 2024
All Selling stations will open on
Wednesday 17th – Wednesday 24th April
Please support the OCEAN GROVE BARWON HEADS RSL sub-branch
Ocean Grove RSL Bowling Team
The Ocean Grove RSL Bowling team came home Section Winners in the Edinburgh Shield April Carnival at Yarrawonga….. “WELL DONE BOYS”
