AS the sun broke the horizon across Port Macquarie-Hastings and the Anzac dawn arrived, buglers positioned on Town Beach headland to driveways in urban neighbourhoods across the region sounded The Last Post.
Children in pajamas emerged from their homes, others donned their school uniforms, streets quietly alight with the flicker of candles, the Australian flag proudly draped over fences, from doors, and over letterboxes. Surfers faced the sun as they sat on the water, runners paused on the breakwall, couples embraced on the Coastal Walk watching the first rays of sunlight soar...