ANZAC Day, Phnom Penh

Of course, the first time in my life that I attend an ANZAC Day memorial service, I would need to be living so close to the equator that it starts at 4:40am....

This morning I joined the Australian and New Zealand residents in Phnom Penh for a Dawn Service, held at the truly stunning Australian Ambassador's Residence near Wat Phnom. The scene was quite surreal on arrival, as we walked in darkness past this grand old colonial building into a tropical garden, to be confronted with a circular crowd all holding candles in the early morning rain.

By the time the Last Post was played, a true tropical downpour began. It was a moving experience, to be standing in this jungle garden, with rain beating through a humid sky, far from home.

Unexpected morning downpour floods Phnom Penh streets after ANZAC Dawn Service.