Anzac Day

Registrations are now open for schools and organisations who wish to participate in either or both of the city’s parades.

Schools or Organisations wishing to participate in the THURINGOWA and/or the TOWNSVILLE CITY Anzac Day Parades MUST register online.

Please follow the links below to register.

• Organisations Registrations
• Schools Registrations

Registrations close 2pm, Monday 18 March.

A dawn service will be held at the Thuringowa Cenotaph at the Village Green, Riverway Parklands early on the morning of Anzac Day. The commemorations in Thuringowa will then continue later that morning with the Anzac Day Parade (see below regarding the new parade route) and Morning Service.

*PLEASE NOTE:  In October 2017 the Thuringowa cenotaph was relocated from Thuringowa Drive to Village Green, Riverway Parklands.  This relocation has called for a new parade route. The 2019 Thuringowa Parade steps off from the Weir State School, proceeding along Ross River Road for approx. 400m the parade will then enter into the Riverway Parklands at the Riverway Stadium side gate (opp. Rolfe St) and proceed along Sporting Drive, before turning into the parkland and marching towards the cenotaph, located on the Village Green.

A Townsville City Dawn Service will be held at the ANZAC Park Cenotaph on the morning of the event, followed later by the Anzac Day parade in which veterans and returned service organisations, active military units, local schools, community groups and other service organisations will participate.

*PLEASE NOTE: There is no longer a formal Anzac Day Mid-Morning Service immediately following the Townsville City parade. All parade participants and others wishing to lay a wreath at the cenotaph are invited to do so at the conclusion of the parade.