Anzac Day services and road closures

Anzac Day services and road closures

Published on 17 April 2019

Macedon Ranges Shire Council encourages visitors and residents to remember the service and sacrifice of the men and women who have served our country on Anzac Day, Thursday 25 April. 

Commemoration services to pay respect servicemen and women are being held throughout the shire and some changed traffic conditions will be in place.

All roads to Memorial Cross in Mt Macedon will be closed to traffic on the morning of 25 April, with free bus services operating for transport to the Mt Macedon Anzac Day Dawn Service.

Bus services will depart from:

Gisborne Train Station at 4.15am and 5.10am Woodend Train Station at 4.30am and 5.15am Romsey Community Hub at 4.30am and 5am Lancefield Mechanics Hall at 4.45am Riddells Creek Primary School at 4.15am Sunbury Train Station at 4.50am.

A continual shuttle bus service will also operate from Tony Clarke Recreation Reserve in Macedon, with the first bus departing at 4.15am and the last bus departing at 5.20am. People attempting to travel to the ceremony by car will be directed to park at Tony Clarke Recreation Reserve. The only public access to Mt Macedon will be via bus, with cars not permitted along Cameron Drive between 4am and 7am on Anzac Day.

Bookings for each bus service (excluding the shuttle bus service at Tony Clarke Recreation Reserve) are essential. Book online by visiting organscoaches.com.au or call 5422 1788. Gold coin donation appreciated. For more information about the event, visit The Mt Macedon Anzac Day Dawn Service on Facebook.  

A number of other commemorations will also be held in townships across the shire on Thursday 25 April:

Kyneton: a dawn service will be held at Kyneton Cenotaph at 6am, following by a gunfire breakfast at Kyneton RSL (gold coin donation for breakfast). For more information, contact the Kyneton RSL on 5422 6735 Riddells Creek: a dawn service will be held at 6am at the War Memorial gates, Memorial Drive. For more information, contact Dawn on 0408 106 216 Romsey: a wreath laying service will be held at Romsey Cenotaph at 7am in Main Street. For details, call Reinhard Goschiniak on 0419 375 060.  Malmsbury: a ceremony will be held at Malmsbury Botanic Gardens at 8am. For more information, contact Kyneton RSL on (03) 5422 6735. Lancefield: a ceremony will be held in High Street, Lancefield at 8.30am. High Street will be closed to local traffic from 8am–10.30am. For more information, contact Reinhard Goschiniak on 0419 375 060. Kyneton: a march will be held at 9.30am on Mollison Street (between Yaldwyn and Hutton Streets), followed by refreshments at Kyneton RSL. For more information, contact Kyneton RSL on (03) 5422 6735. Gisborne: a ceremony will be held at 10.30am at the Memorial on Howey Reserve, Hamilton Street. For more information, contact Rob on (03) 5428 2233. Woodend: a march will be held at 11.15am on the High Street service road (between Brooke Street and Anslow Street), followed by a ceremony at Woodend RSL, 32 Anslow Street at 11.45am. Road closures will be in place from 11am–12.45pm around Brooke Street and the High Street service Road, Anslow Street from Schaw Street to High Street. For more information, contact Peter on 0411 107 039.