Schools will soon get ANZAC lifeboat templates
Our photos show the prototype cardboard template and the mock-up lifeboat we are working on with Visyboard in Wingfield.
Three thousand lifeboat templates will be delivered to schools in Adelaide and some regional centres in special packs with instructions and information about ANZAC Light on the Water on April 24.
Students will make their own boats for the ANZAC Eve tribute to the merchant seamen who rowed out troops ashore at Gallipoli in 1915.
Thousands of families are expected to pack Queens Wharf in Port Adelaide for the event which will open with a one hour Ceilidh Music Concert by SA Pipes and Drums.
An Indigenous Welcome will then herald the start of ANZAC Light on the Water with a Royal Australian Navy Ceremonial Unit parade and Salute.
A large fleet of the lifeboats containing lighted candles will be launched from the Queens Wharf pontoons in a moving salute to all war veterans.
Those who wish to design their own lifeboats are encouraged to do so as long as basic principles are followed.
The boats must be watertight and have a small wooden strip on the bottom so that they cannot sink.
Anyone wanting to use the cardboard template when they are available should email John Williams.
The City of Port Adelaide Enfield is funding and supporting the event which involves many organisations including the Merchant Navy Association SA, Semaphore Port Adelaide RSL, Vindicatrix Association, Department of Education, Naval Association SA, Port Adelaide Sailing Club and Port Centre Co-ordination Group.
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Neat Idea. You guys should see if a coatings supplier can donate some International Orange paint for the kids (provided it’s non-toxic)
Many thanks for your comment, Captain John.
Local firm Visy Board are now producing a white cardboard template and school students last year used the outside of the lifeboats to post messages, photos and designs honouring their veteran family members. The white will pick up the candle reflections.