ANZAC Day 2025

Published on 24 April 2025

Council offices, including libraries, will be closed on Friday 25 April. For urgent matters, you can still contact us on 5366 7100 and select the relevant option.

There are no changes to kerbside waste collections or transfer station hours. Please place your bins out as usual.

Commemoration services to pay respect to our servicemen and women are being held throughout the shire:

Bacchus Marsh RSL Dawn Service - Village Green from 5.45am; commemorative march and service -10am from the Bacchus Marsh & Melton Hospital Grounds on Grant Street

Ballan RSL Dawn Service - Ballan Fire Brigade from 5.45am; commemorative march and service - 12pm from Ballan RSL Sub Branch to the local Cenotaph

Blackwood Dawn Service - Blackwood War Memorial from 5.45am

Bungaree Service and gunfire breakfast - Bungaree Recreation Reserve Memorial from 8am

Coimadai Service - Coimadai Memorial at Merrimu Reservoir from 11.30am

Yendon Memorial Service - Yendon Avenue of Honour from 5pm

Further details can be found on our events page.

Road closures will be in place in Bacchus Marsh and Ballan on Friday 25 April that coincide with the services and parades. Visit our scheduled road closures page for details.