Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year was the first time Di Brown has not attended an Anzac Day service. She was not alone.
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While the current restrictions meant we could not be there in Anzac Park for a solemn service to remember the sacrifice of Australians, we did find ways to do so remotely.
A campaign in the lead up to Anzac Day encouraged many to stand at their end of their driveway at the time a dawn service is normally held.
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And then there were displays of pride.
Di Brown emailed the photographs above to the Examiner.
Her son had made crosses to display in her front garden.
"This year I felt I could do something special," Di explained.
Di's father was a POW in Japan during World War II.
"He lost a brother in Syria and another brother (was) lucky to come home," Di said.
