April 25 will be a busy day across Hobsons Bay with no less than six Anzac Day events and services happening across the municipality.
As usual, commemorations will begin well before the sun rises with dawn services at Williamstown, Altona, Spotswood and Seabrook.
The dawn service at the Williamstown Cenotaph in Nelson Place is set to draw the biggest crowd, with commemorations starting at 5.30am and running through until 6.30am.
Motorists are advised that road closures will be in place around the event site.
In Altona, a march led by three pipers and airforce cadets will start from the RSL and finish at the cenotaph outside the civic centre, where a dawn service will then take place.
Events will run from 5.45am to 6.30pm and road closures will be in effect from 5am to 7am.
A later dawn service will take place at Homestead Run Reserve in Seabrook, with commemorations beginning at 6.30am and concluding at 7.30am.
The Spotswood Kingsville RSL will hold a dawn service in its memorial garden from 5.50am to 6.20am, and then later in the morning a family commemorative service will be held at the place from 11am to 12pm.
In the afternoon, the Newport RSL will hold its commemorative service at Paine Reserve from 1pm to 2pm.
In Maribyrnong there will be no official Anzac Day services, with residents advised to attend those in Hobsons Bay, Brimbank or at the Shrine of Remembrance in the city.
The Footscray Cycling Club will be holding their traditional Anzac Day criterium, the Bob Robson Memorial, however the 64th edition of the race will this year be held in Hoppers Crossing.
Racing starts at 1pm, at the Victoria University (VUT) Skills Training Centre in Hoppers Lane, with the main women’s race held at 2pm and the men’s race at 3pm.
