(This cache container had been placed in Feb 2020 before lockdown with the intent of being published day after ANZAC day but had to recheck coords and that had to wait until May.... before anyone thinks lockdown was broken by CO).
In 2019 I got a message from the W.E.K.A's asking me if I had heard of LíB's OTD series in S. Austrailia and what OTD stood for?... I had no idea and after some research we had found out that it was a series called On This Day (OTD) with a story for each day of the year. Well that sounded like a crazy fun challenge and so the call went out to the Otago and Southland Geocachers to parttake in this series. You'll see in the description that the owners will write in either some muggle, geocaching or personnal facts/stories related to this day.
On this day.... 25 April
Each year on Anzac Day, New Zealanders (and Australians) mark the anniversary of the Gallipoli landings of 25 April 1915. On that day, thousands of young men, far from their homes, landed on the beaches of the Gallipoli Peninsula, in what is now Turkey.
In 1916 People in communities across New Zealand and overseas gathered to mark the first anniversary of the Gallipoli landings. New Zealand observed a half-day holiday from 1 p.m. The mood was solemn; race meetings were postponed and cinemas stayed shut until late afternoon.
Anzac Day was observed on 23 April 1917 because of local body elections on the 25th. The commemoration reverted to 25 April in 1918 and has been held on that day ever since.
In 2020 no public events will be held but people still came together by standing at the end of their drive and listened to the dawn service broadcasted over the radio.
Please feel free to include in your logs any stories you have regarding today's date and if you are an Otago and Southland Geocacher intrested in the series send me a message.
