There’s plenty of businesses opening early this Anzac Day ready to serve up a delicious breakfast for anyone who’s out and about attending dawn services, a march or a ceremony on April 25.
Read on to find out details about which businesses will be open and where services will be held…
Ipswich March details
The Ipswich CBD march will start at 10.45am from the corner of Brisbane and Waghorn Streets.
It will proceed up Brisbane Street, into Nicholas St to Tulmur Place.
Brisbane St will be closed to traffic between Burnett St and Nicholas St during the march, as well as Waghorn St, Darling Street East and Ellenborough Street, detours will be in place.
Parking is available in the Nicholas St Precinct car park and Riverlink Shopping Centre.
What’s open on Anzac Day
Club Services Ipswich will be open on Anzac Day until late.
An Anzac Gunfire breakfast will be held from 6.30am-9.30am pre-purchased only. Cost is $10 a ticket. Included with breakfast is a pot of house beer, house wine or soft drink, juice tea and coffee. Tickets on sale until 5pm Tuesday April 23.
The bistro will also be open from 11am to late to serve up ANZAC DAY specials. From 7am a brass band will play, 8.30am- 11.30am Raff De will perform, at 11.30am see the marching band, from 12.30pm to 3.30pm DASH will perform.
Play 2 Up at 9am in the Legends Bar and 11am in the Kokoda Tent.
Brothers Leagues Club will open from noon with dining in Shamrocks and the cafe. Gaming will be open with entertainment from Soul Cutz from 1pm. The Sports Bar will also open from 3pm.
Ipswich Jets Leagues Club will be opening the doors from 11am with the restaurant and cafe trading from 11.30am.
Ellen and Rod will be hosting a gunfire breakfast with no surcharge and all money taken on hot drinks will be donated to the RSL Ipswich Railway Sub-branch. The cafe will open from 5.15am and the gunfire breakfast will be $25 and include bacon and eggs with roasted tomato and house-made beans.
Riverlink will be open on Anzac Day with Coffee Club, Cafe 63, Dumping Paradise House, Rashays, Nandos, Baskin Robbins, iPlay and Limelight Cinemas open. New movie The Fall Guy will also be released the day before Anzac Day. The cinemas will open from 1pm and Ruby Chews will open from 11am-8pm.
Floating Images Hot Air Balloon Flights will be operating on Anzac Day, why not start your day with a scenic flight over the countryside followed by breakfast at Fourthchild Cafe (included in your balloon flight). Fourthchild Cafe will also be open from 7am to 3pm for anyone to pop in for breakfast or lunch.
Homage Restaurant and bar will be open as normal with a 15% public holiday surcharge, between 10am and 1pm alcohol can only be served with a meal.
The Prince Alfred Hotel will be open from 11am for meals, the bottle shop and gaming will open from 1pm.
The Retro Diner will open from 6am to 12pm.
Elderflower Cafe will be open from 5.30am for coffee and food from 6.30am until 12pm.
Bootown Espresso on Glebe Road will be open for coffee only 5.30am to 9.30am.
Holmes St Cafe will be open from 5.30am to 10.30am for coffee and food.
The Pumpyard Bar and Brewery will be open from 10.30am until 9pm.
The Rising Sun Hotel at Rosewood will be open from 1pm.
Ivory’s Rock will open from 9am to 5pm for people to check in for a long weekend of camping!
Full list of Anzac Day services
BOOVAL
8.00 am – Honour Stone, Cameron Park, Green Street, preceded by a march at 7.45 am from cnr Green Street and Glebe Road.
BRASSALL
4.27 am – Ipswich Adventist School Memorial Stone, 56 Hunter Street.
BUNDAMBA
4.27 am – Honour Stone, Bundamba, Memorial Park, Brisbane Road, preceded by a march at 4.15 am from cnr Brisbane Road and Coal Street.
9.15 am – Honour Stone, Bundamba Memorial Park, Brisbane Road, preceded by a march at 9.00 am from cnr Brisbane Road and Coal Street.
EBBW VALE
8.30 am – Ebbw Vale War Memorial, cnr Brisbane Road and Jordan Street.
GOODNA
4.15 am – Soldiers’ Memorial Stone, cnr Queen and Church streets. Last Post at 4.33 am.
8.50 am – Soldiers’ Memorial Stone, cnr Queen and Church streets preceded by a march at 8.30 am from Falvey’s Cecil Hotel, cnr Queen and Alice streets.
GRANDCHESTER
6.00 am – Bigges Camp Park, Gordon Road.
IPSWICH – LIMESTONE HILL
6.30 am – Naval Cairn, Queen Victoria Parade.
IPSWICH – MAIN MARCH
10.45 am – From cnr Brisbane and Waghorn streets.
IPSWICH – RSL MEMORIAL GARDENS
4.27 am – Honour Stone, cnr Limestone and Nicholas streets.
8.30 am – Honour Stone, cnr Limestone and Nicholas streets, preceded by a march at 8.20 am from South Street.
MARBURG
7.30 am – Marburg Heritage Centre, cnr Queen and Edmond streets, preceded by a march from Church of Christ, 122/127 Queen Street at 7.20 am.
NORTH IPSWICH
7.30 am – Honour Stone, Queensland Museum Rail Workshops, preceded by a march at 7.15 am inside the Queensland Museum Rail Workshops. Gates open at 6.45 am.
ONE MILE
9.30 am – West Ipswich One Mile War Memorial, 1A Old Toowoomba Road.
PINE MOUNTAIN
9.00 am – Honour Stone, Cricket Pitch Park, cnr Russells and Pine Mountain roads.
REDBANK
11.00 am – Redbank Memorial Reserve, Bridge Street.
REDBANK PLAINS
4.25 am – Cenotaph, Moreton Avenue.
9.30 am – Cenotaph, Moreton Avenue, preceded by a march at 9.20 am from SES Compound on Willow Road.
ROSEWOOD
4.28 am – Rosewood Memorial Hall, ANZAC Park, Mill Street, preceded by a march at 4.20 am from the Rising Sun Hotel.
9.30 am – Rosewood Memorial Hall, ANZAC Park, Mill Street, preceded by a march at 9.00 am from cnr John and William streets.
SOUTH RIPLEY
5.00 am – Ripley Valley State Secondary College, 18 Parkway Avenue.
SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL
5.30 am – ADF Memorial, The Circle, Robelle Domain, 155 Southern Cross Circuit.
WOODEND
6.30 am – Woodend Honour Stone, Roseberry Parade.
Times are subject to change.
