00:02I'm at Currumbin Beach on the Gold Coast, usually host to Australia's largest Anzac Day Dawn service outside of a
00:09capital city.
00:10People really flocking to see Elephant Rock behind me, the sunrise coming above it.
00:15Now, this morning it's been a bit of a different picture, mostly because of the weather.
00:20We were met with plenty of rain throughout the service this morning, but albeit people pushed through,
00:25pulling out their umbrellas to enjoy what was a very sombre service.
00:29Moving moments include a really unique portion of the event, which saw a paddle out of sorts,
00:35where gold coasters took to their boats, taking out with them the ashes of veterans,
00:42who would then have a portion of their ashes spread at sea, honouring their final wishes,
00:47and really making for what already is a day full of so much remembrance, all that more important.
00:52Now, today's event also saw a special guest in Ben Robert Smith.
00:57He attended the event after being bailed from Sydney's Silverwater prison last week to a Queensland address,
01:05and instead attended this morning the Currumbin service.
01:08Now, he kept a very low profile through the service, and only at the end was he met with members
01:14of the public
01:15who approached him to shake his hand.
01:17Also, he had a few words to say for the media.
01:34Ben Robert Smith, the Victorian cross-recipient, awaiting trial on five counts of the war crime of murder.
01:41Now, he's yet to enter a plea, although he does vehemently deny the charges and says that he will be
01:47fighting them.
01:47Now, he quite quickly left the service at the end after meeting with some of the members of the public,
01:54shaking hands with people there, and of course leaving with his family.
01:59Now, so too did a lot of the crowd that had enjoyed the service here at Currumbin Beach,
02:03and they've likely gone to the local RSL to ready themselves perhaps for a game of two up.
02:09time to go for an office to put in, then he got back to the police with his hands.
02:09Now, the police have been very well done.
02:09He'll take it to the police theworks of the car, and he'll take it to the police station.
02:09He wants to be able to take it to the police station.
02:10Now, before his own police station, he's been too late.
02:11Now, in 5-10 years ago, he's been the police station.
02:11Now, he'll go to the police station who just attended this office for a while.
02:11So he's been so close to normal.
02:12Now, in 5-10 years ago, we've been called the police station.
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