FROM Bendigo to Castlemaine and Maryborough to Charlton, central Victorians are preparing for the most historic Anzac day of their lifetime.
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Services across the region tomorrow will signal the start of commemorations marking 100 years since Gallipoli.
Groups and individuals have left no stone unturned to ensure it's an Anzac Day to remember.
It has been humbling to see so many groups and individuals wanting to get involved.
Bendigo RSL president Cliff Richards this week said he wanted to see as many people in Bendigo and surrounds as possible to join in commemorating the day.
Planning for the centenary started more than a year ago and it has been humbling to see so many groups and individuals wanting to get involved.
From students at our schools hosting commemorative ceremonies, to those young and old involved in the planting of more than 200 crosses in the Field of Remembrance tonight at Queen Victoria Gardens, the response has been extraordinary.
Importantly many of the efforts, including the more than 16,000 handmade creations to feature in the 5000 Poppies project to be unveiled at Federation Square in Melbourne tonight and several pieces of artwork, will serve as permanent reminders to why this is Australia's most important national occasion.
We shall truly never forget the brave men and women who suffered and died in wars so that we may live so freely today.
