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Operation Birthday Card Drop for isolated kids is go
Kids and birthdays are always special but COVID-19 restrictions have put a downer on the usual celebrations.
Hayley Link put the call out on social media last week because there were no other family members in town to drive past, honk their horns and celebrate her eight-year-old son's birthday. And honk they did.
But now that idea has blossomed into something else again.
"I figured I couldn't be the only one with a child in this position, and wondered if anyone would like to get involved in a "birthday card letterbox drop" of handmade cards, made by other kids," she said.
"The idea was, it would give kids something to do, and they could walk, scooter or ride their bikes to drop their creations in the letterbox, and the birthday kids birthday would be that little bit brighter."
Meet the Nhill RSL sub-branch's newest member. He's nine
James Ruse might have only just turned nine, but he's already got big plans for when he turns 18. The grade four student will sign up as a member of his RSL branch.
This week he took a step closer to that goal, when Nhill sub-branch president Henry Berry presented him with an honorary junior RSL membership.
Coronavirus measures will not keep James from marking Anzac Day this year.
"I'm going to be at home standing out in the driveway doing a minute's silence," he said.
James has volunteered in different capacities for the Nhill RSL sub-branch during the past few years.
"I'll be involved for a very long time and when I turn 18 I'll become an actual member of the branch," he said.
James' mother Melanie said he usually attended dawn services with his father Graeme. She said her son was excited to be an honorary RSL member.
"He's very proud and honoured to be asked," she said.
The Downer street doing a dawn service from the driveway
As an artist in residence at the Australian War Memorial, Chris Latham is used to commemorating Anzac Day as one of thousands of people attending dawn services.
While coronavirus may have led to the cancellation of large-scale services, he said he will still be honouring military veterans at dawn, in what he says will be a very home-made way.
Mr Latham and other nearby neighbours have organised a dawn service for residents who live on the same street in Downer, complete with wreath laying, readings and a playing of the Last Post.
"It was quite spontaneous to put together," Mr Latham said. "I think there's an enormous hunger for some kind of connection and experience that acutely sums up Anzac Day.
"Everyone has a powerful connection in memory to Anzac Day."
Sofala Book Shop running video calls to browse second-hand books
In light of the COVID-19 situation, Sofala Book Shop is taking a carefully considered approach to their business through moving their sale process to mobile video conferencing.
While the shop is closed to the public, the store is using mediums such as the 'FaceTime' app to allow customers to browse their diverse second-hand book range remotely.
Could this huge litter of pups be a record?
Right now many of us are coping with the kids at home. Suddenly you're the parent, teacher, everything. How many could you handle?
Spare a thought for Tracey Salter and her female greyhound Eminence (known at home as Tiggy), who has just graced the world with a litter that may very well be a record: 15 pups - seven girls and eight boys - and all survived.
And Salter's not holding back with her excitement.
"People keep telling me it's a record!," she said.
WA woman's Anzac Day upcycling challenge
A Western Australian woman has devised a creative way for families to give thanks from the safety of their own homes this Anzac Day.
Vicky Pellowe was hard at work establishing her new business from her home near Fremantle when the COVID-19 crisis put a serious dent in her plans.
"I had just started my own eco-friendly party business - The Eco Party Bird," Ms Pellowe said.
"The main idea behind the business is to make items from existing things or items that can have multiple uses post-party, so no single-use plastic, no balloons, et cetera.
"I'd just got started and had a whole storeroom full of amazing finds from charity shops ready to upcycle, second-hand buys from Gumtree, local 'buy-nothing' groups on Facebook and then lockdown happened. No more parties."
While processing the news and figuring out her next steps, Ms Pellowe said she was saddened to hear that Anzac Day commemorations were off the cards.
"That broke my heart to think of the elderly not being able to march and attend public dawn services that they usually do each year."
Inspired by social media posts encouraging 'minutes of silence' to be held at the ends of driveways, the idea of 'Postbox Poppies' came to mind.
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