ANZAC Day

So ANZAC Day in Accra and the Australian High Commission held a service, thankfully not at dawn, apparently last year they tried that and it rained a storm! This year was intense heat at 9am.

But the military cemetary they held it at even had an Australian solider in it, apparently there was an airforce base at Takoradi down the coast from which they moved in soldiers for the fighting in Northern Africa as they couldn't do it from the Europe side.

So we had some wreath laying, sang the anthems, Aus, NZ and Ghanaian and it was nice to have a reminder of our holiday in a place far away.

Also really good to meet a lot of the other Australian and NZers who are here in Ghana, a lot of Australians are working in relation to minig sector things, and there were three NZers there, one has been in Ghana 15 years, another 5, and the last 2, so all pretty long term!

We also got to have a brunch after the High Commissioners residence, which is very very nice, beautiful landscaping and pool, house also looked very nice from the outside. Also nice to have lots of pretty good food!

So a nice start to my weekend, hopefully they some other events at some point before I leave, as its nice getting in touch with people from the southern hemisphere.

Today, was at the beach, although the plastic bag in the water situation seems to be getting worse, they really need to start to look after their country more.

Next weekend is holiday, so 3 day weekend, heading back to the Western region beaches where the water is much cleaner, and the area more deserted so nice and relaxing I hope.