Commemorating a different Anzac Day and living life to the full

Megan Doherty
April 25 2020 - 12:00am
Noreen Bird at her home in Marigal Gardens in Kambah on Friday, preparing for a different kind of Anzac Day on Saturday. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
Noreen Bird at her home in Marigal Gardens in Kambah on Friday, preparing for a different kind of Anzac Day on Saturday. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

As sun streams through the windows of the main communal lodge at the Marigal Gardens retirement village in Kambah, residents are tying up bunches of paper poppies and wrapping home-made Anzac biscuits in cellophane, ribbons keeping the packages in place.

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Megan Doherty

Megan Doherty

Journalist

I like telling local stories and celebrating Canberra. Email: megan.doherty@canberratimes.com.au

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