The Gallipoli Centenary's equivalent of the Olympic Torch reached Canberra after a month-long journey from Albany in Western Australia on Tuesday afternoon.
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Australian War Memorial director, Dr Brendan Nelson, accepted the RSL Anzac flame from a member of the Australian Light Horse Association and Camp Gallipoli chairman Alan Ferguson.
The RSL flame is not to be confused with the memorial's "eternal flame" which was lit by the then Governor-General, Sir Ninian Stephen, in 1988.
It is to play a key part in the Camp Gallipoli experience which could involve as many as 120,000 Australians from all states and territories on the eve of Anzac Day in 2015.
Mr Ferguson said Camp Gallipoli is designed to allow as many Australians as possible to share the Gallipoli Centenary experience through the establishment of a range of camp sites in all major capital cities and across regional Australia where people can congregate overnight on April 24 and 25 next year.
It is hoped as many as 60,000 people will attend the capital city camps and that a similar number will turn out in designated regional centres including Canberra and Ballarat. Each camp will have a memorial cauldron to be lit from the Anzac Flame.
"If we can attract 100,000 people we will be very happy," Mr Ferguson said.
The star of Tuesday's RSL Anzac Flame arrival in Canberra was Comet (aka Providence Comet's Fire), a six-year-old waler from Murringo near Young.
Comet, who was bred by Geoff and Yvonne Coupland, belongs to their daughter Michelle Robertson. Because of the special nature of the occasion Ms Robertson asked Jennifer Cayfe, who had broken Comet in, to ride him.
Despite the gusty conditions and the danger of the flame being extinguished, the handover took place without a hitch. This was largely due to Comet's chilled out approach to all the fuss.
Mr Coupland, who is a member of both the Light Horse Association and the Waler Horse Society of Australia, lent Ms Cayfe his Light Horse Uniform, complete with military saddle and ostrich feathers.
While no final decision has been made on where Canberra's Camp Gallipoli is going to be staged, it is understood Epic is under consideration.
In other Anzac Centenary news the Australian War Memorial has announced a major new collaborative artistic commission with New Zealand to commemorate the event.
The Commemorative Print Portfolio will feature work by five Australian and five New Zealand artists, who will respond creatively to the history of World War I and its legacy for contemporary life in both countries.
