Didn’t Expect To See This Australia

Ajouté : 2026-05-05

[00:00:00]I am Uncle Mark Brown, elder and senior cultural heritage officer of the Bundarang people.

[00:00:07]And today I'm here to welcome everybody to my father's country.

[00:00:23]What's up, guys? What's up? It's your boy Ace. I'm here. I don't know if you can see me right now, but I'm here at the dawn ceremony here for Anzac Day.

[00:00:34]Anzac Day is a day of like Memorial Day weekend, but not the partying per se, but just a day of remembrance of of of military men who put their lives on the line for Australia. And so the the word Azac derives from a platoon of men and servicemen and service women from this country uh and New Zealand who went to go fight in World War I. Unfortunately many of them lost their lives around 200,000 of them and their bodies couldn't be brought back to this country. So what they did was the country created these type of monuments in remembrance for them. That way the family members can find a a place they can go to to remember their sacrifice.

[00:01:23]This one is I guess called the the memorance monument. And there's another one called the Amzac monument in Sydney.

[00:01:30]But we're in Melbourne right now. Amzac is the name of the platoon that left to go fight the war. But nowadays the word Amzac has more meaning. You can also use that word for someone who's been in the military.

[00:01:49]The dawn service will begin soon. Please make sure your mobile phones are on silent. First up, I'd like to intro introduce one of our ambassadors for this year's Anzac Day commemorative march is warrant officer Ricky Morris.

[00:02:04]Ricky is an indigenous veteran and the 21st member of his family to serve. He's a veteran of East Tyour and Afghanistan and he's the formation elder for Victoria's fourth brigade. Good morning, Ricky. Thank you. Good morning. My name is Ricky Morris. I'm a proud Kunjamar man from Southwest Victoria.

[00:02:29]And today, Anzac Day is a very special day for me and my family as it is with many veterans and descendants of veterans that are here today.

[00:02:40]I served with the Australian army from 1990 and served between east and Afghanistan.

[00:02:48]And as a proud gunar man, I'd like to welcome a fellow warrior, Uncle Mark Brown.

[00:03:02]I am Uncle Mark Brown, elder and senior cultural heritage officer of the Bundarang people.

[00:03:10]And today I'm here to welcome everybody to my father's country, beautiful Bunarang country.

[00:03:18]But before we do that, thank you very much. We take a moment.

[00:03:25]We pay our acknowledgement >> and we pay our respects.

[00:03:31]>> We pay our respects to all of my ancestors.

[00:03:35]>> We pay our respects to all of MY ELDERS.

[00:03:39]>> WE pay our respects to all of my community members.

[00:03:44]We gather in the respect of all of my people, my family, the fighting bundage and the Bumarang.

[00:03:54]So woman Janka and welcome to beautiful Bumarang country, my father's country.

[00:04:03]Thank you.

[00:04:10]Since Australians have been leaving to fight across the world, they've been sending letters home. Countless words of homesickness, humor, tenderness, and the longing for simple pleasures written in trenches, jungles, deserts, with the motion of the sea and from air bases.

[00:04:33]written with pencil with ink in emails and those letters in there we see the raw character of the people who fought for this country Dr. Mark Schroel, State President RSL Victoria will recite the ode.

[00:04:52]They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun, and in the morning we will remember them.

[00:05:16]Lest we forget.

[00:05:52]stand down.

[00:05:55]We now welcome her excellency, Professor the Honorable Margaret Gardner, Governor of Victoria, to present the Anzac Day address.

[00:06:09]The Honorable Justinta Allen, Premier of Victoria, Sarah Witty, Federal Member for Melbourne, representing the Prime Minister of Australia. The Honorable Natalie Sulleman, Minister for Veterans.

[00:06:21]Jess Wilson, leader of the Victorian Opposition. The Right Honorable the Lord Mayor Nicholas Ree, Lord Mayor of Melbourne. Senator, the Honorable Jane Hume, Deputy Leader of the Federal Opposition.

[00:06:35]Mike Bush, Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police. Colonel, I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the lands on which we are gathered, the Bunarong people of the Eastern Cooland nations, and pay my respects to their elders, past and present, and thank in particular Uncle Mark Brown for his warm welcome to country this morning. I also I also want to acknowledge the past and present members of the Australian Defense Force with us today.

[00:07:30]is deeper.

[00:07:34]Goodbye.

[00:07:46]Fertide with me.

[00:08:11]King, oh God, all of let us rejoice for we are one and free with golden soil and wealth for our home is good by seeing King of beauty ra which they will lay at the stone of remembrance.

[00:08:59]The red poppy so often seen is symbolic of remembrance day but is now used at all services honoring veterans.

[00:09:13]The red poppies were the first flowers to grow in the spring in Flanders and across the once battled mangled landscape of the western front during the first world war.

[00:09:28]And the sweet and delicate bloom is a sign of life, a symbol of giving, and a reminder that even from the horror, there will be a future.

[00:10:00]My autism yourself.

[00:10:18]>> You can take it. Thank you.

[00:10:22]>> So, this one I'll dedicate um to all the black people in this country who put their lives on the line for this country and the islanders as well. So, other Aboriginals and islanders.

[00:10:45]Wow.

[00:10:50]There you go.

[00:11:09]Thank you for your service.

[00:11:27]>> Oh, sorry.

[00:11:34]>> Wow.

[00:11:51]You were in the military. Uh, what branch?

[00:11:54]>> Uh, Air Force.

[00:11:55]>> Nice.

[00:11:57]Thank you for your service.

[00:11:59]>> Thank you very much.

[00:12:02]This is your sister.

[00:12:04]>> Don't know.

[00:12:06]>> How do you feel about your mom being >> Yeah.

[00:12:50]Thank you, Mark.

[00:12:51]>> Thank you.

[00:13:10]Also want to also include all servicemen and service women to include All service man. Service woman.

[00:14:02]Wow, >> that was a really nice ceremony. Well, guys, >> really nice ceremony.

[00:14:11]>> There was some hiccups. I'll leave it for another video. But as far as all in all, beautiful, beautiful ceremony.

[00:14:21]There you go.

[00:14:23]>> Australians have turned out to Anzac Day dawn services around the country to honor our sacrifices made by the servicemen and women. But ceremonies in major cities were marred by booing and jeering towards indigenous figures including those who served our country.

[00:14:39]>> In a service of somnity on a sacred day for the nation, a barrage of booze.

[00:14:45]>> Today I'm here to welcome everybody to my father's country. Beautiful Bumang country.

[00:14:52]>> Uncle Mark Brown interrupted during the welcome to country at Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance. Jered for his entire time on stage.

[00:15:04]>> Crowds clapped to overpower and drown out the denters while some like Rod Salon stood up to them >> basically nicely to shut their mouths.

[00:15:17]just to shut up, leave it alone, leave, you know, for two hours of the day, just let it let it rest.

[00:15:24]>> He says the booing is inappropriate and offensive on such a sacred day. Standing beside Uncle Mark on stage was Ricky Morris, one of six RSL ambassadors this year.

[00:15:34]>> They would need to take that away and um acknowledge what they've done today.

[00:15:38]He's disrespected a lot of uh descendants of veterans and and veterans that were here today that support and the wider community that support what Anzac Day is about. The RSL described the disruptors as weak-minded individuals, saying they left before the end of the service, showing complete disrespect to veterans. The Victorian premier said, "To break the stillness of Dawn service is not just ugly behavior, it disrespects everyone who fought for our freedoms."

[00:16:03]>> And what does that achieve? Nothing, does it? It's just Yeah. No. As soon as I heard that, I went, "Oh, it's not the place for it."

[00:16:09]>> It's totally unAustralian, and I don't understand what it's about.

[00:16:13]>> All right, guys. It's 8:00 in the morning and you guessed it.

[00:16:21]Australians is not playing with y'all.

[00:16:24]They going to get they drink in.

[00:16:29]>> Okay. That's not orange juice.

[00:16:33]Okay. And this is where the parade is going to happen. So, this is one of the more popular bars, Young and Jacks since. And um yeah, it's going to be super packed with people enjoying. Oh, look. It has breakfast here. So, another reason to come in. But it's you can see super packed with people in there. Wow.

[00:16:55]You know what?

[00:16:58]Why not get a drink?

[00:17:01]In the spirit of things, let me get a drink before this camera dies. Camera about to die.

[00:17:13]8:00 in the morning. Everybody's drinking apple juice.

[00:17:20]All right, guys. Here we go.

[00:17:23]of what are the audio nice cold apple juice. Wow. Really good.

[00:17:42]I'm actually walking around looking for some breakfast. But just to give you some street vibes, people are just scattered around. It's still early morning. Maybe some people will start coming out a little bit more. as time progress. But I think this thing is like all the way to 12:00 and it'll be done.

[00:17:58]But it's a cool vibe. I love the the patriotism.

[00:18:04]Excuse my language. It's early and I I have been up for like 24 hours. I haven't slept since 6:00. I woke up 6:30 in the morning yesterday and it's currently 9:15.

[00:18:17]But either way, I like the the Patriots out here showing love and um supporting their military, man.

[00:18:28]So, that's cool. All right. A couple of bands already passed by, so I'm sorry I didn't get everyone. You know what I mean? But it is what it is. All right.

[00:18:42]Player is hungry, though. But you get to see everybody out here, you know.

[00:18:50]Yeah, the band. I guess the band is just going to come out here and go back that way. All right, guys. Here comes another band or unit. Let's check them out.

[00:19:07]young scouts and uh representing some old military commando association. Shout out to them.

[00:19:18]I love the clapping.

[00:19:21]So they got the young um scouts representing the the the big boys.

[00:19:32]Thank you.

[00:19:52]The crowd here is from outside coastal and you'll see the members here also are the same as well.

[00:20:04]Yeah, >> today is very special for all those people out here seeing all the return servicemen, all the uh soldiers from the army, navy, and air force. And I think it's absolutely fantastic.

[00:20:24]I had two of my best friends who were in the um in the defense force. My uh second elbrother, he was in the army reserves.

[00:20:35]Unfortunately, he did not get to go overseas to Vietnam. And my other friend who was also she was in the Navy. She did not get to go overseas either. They both passed away unfortunately.

[00:20:50]speak about your love for your country and patriotism.

[00:20:56]>> Australia is a beautiful country. I support everyone, all nations. Yeah, it's just an absolutely fantastic morning to see everyone come out and support all the veterans and ones that are now serving overseas.

[00:21:14]>> Well, we appreciate you taking the time.

[00:21:17]Is there any group that you're looking forward to or just you just supporting everybody?

[00:21:22]>> I'm just supporting everyone.

[00:21:23]>> Okay. All right. There we go, guys.

[00:21:25]Appreciate you.

[00:21:27]>> Thank you.

[00:21:48]Heat.

[00:22:01]Heat.

[00:22:22]Ah, so we got other countries being represented here. You got from people veterans from the Vietnamese war. Got a Korean flag there. I think that's a Korean flag. Sorry if I got it wrong.

[00:22:34]All right.

[00:22:43]So these are just uh different years of different platoons and they'll tell you the name and they they came to be honored.

[00:22:57]Beautiful thing.

[00:23:19]Heat. Heat.

[00:23:26]All right, guys. I am back at the bar. Was it at earlier? Super pack. We're on the second floor.

[00:24:02]Let's go. This light.

[00:24:04]All right. And we're going upstairs to play tua.

[00:24:10]Sorry about that light.

[00:24:14]I got a rooftop.

[00:24:32]another cool area to hang out.

[00:24:38]See if I can find it.

[00:24:41]People just drinking.

[00:24:47]>> We're going to be playing um that game two up. Uh 12 is just on the floor down below.

[00:24:52]>> Okay. It's already started or >> uh I'm not sure what time it starts, but it should be it should be fine.

[00:24:58]>> Okay. Thank you, >> guys. Hope is going upstairs. Cool.

[00:25:04]>> I need a couple more drinks.

[00:25:08]>> But it looks like the game I'm looking for is here on this floor.

[00:25:16]>> Right. All right, guys. So, this is the second floor and everybody is getting in on the tradition here. I don't know what it is, but somebody's going crazy.

[00:25:42]up.

[00:25:56]>> I can't see nothing.

[00:25:59]>> Hopefully you guys good.

[00:26:04]Slowly sneak around. See if I can get a better perspective.

[00:26:42]Hey, something.

[00:26:57]I thought it was a table.

[00:27:17]>> I don't know the the wager. Okay, everybody puts their money up.

[00:27:21]>> There you go.

[00:27:30]Wow.

[00:27:34]Go ahead.

[00:27:45]you win or not. I've never I just heard you guys do this on um Amzac Day. What is that like?

[00:28:08]Come on.

[00:28:22]>> How do you know if you win or not?

[00:28:24]>> Uh, so the the the tails or the crosses?

[00:28:29]>> You need two >> or or otherwise? You say you need two of the same. If it's one of each, it's nothing.

[00:28:35]>> And nobody wins. Nobody wins.

[00:28:36]>> But if you put money in and you win, what do you get back?

[00:28:40]>> You you get So you put more money down this side or that side. So you either put it on heads or tails.

[00:28:45]>> Oh, >> heads this side, tails that side. And you you go against >> whoever you have that money.

[00:28:54]>> It needs to be equal amount.

[00:28:55]>> Yeah. Yeah.

[00:28:56]>> Okay.

[00:28:57]>> Okay. Got it.

[00:29:01]>> Okay. Now I got it.

[00:29:06]So guys, it >> So basically you'll see um two sides, right?

[00:29:13]>> So basically you'll see two sides, guys.

[00:29:16]50 on this side and 50 on this side or 20 on this side and 20 on this side. But it needs to be the same dollar and whoever wins the coin toss takes the money from the other side.

[00:29:28]>> Pretty simple.

[00:29:35]your hands.

[00:29:49]jump in.

[00:30:00]>> I guess nobody's winning cuz the points are just two opposite. It needs to be two in the same form.

[00:30:16]So, this is a game they'll be playing in certain bars.

[00:30:21]>> Technically, it's not a game that they normally play, but today for tradition, they'll play it.

[00:30:31]>> All right, guys.

[00:30:34]>> I'll wait my turn.

[00:30:45]All right.

[00:30:59]What do we want?

[00:31:12]What do we want?

[00:31:28]>> Hallelujah.

[00:31:36]No, I don't lost, guys. I don't lost.

[00:31:39]>> And the lesson here, >> don't gamble.

[00:31:45]That's the lesson. All right. This place is packed with people, guys, as you can see. And we're at 10:30.

[00:31:53]All right. People just coming to uh just to enjoy the the festivities. and some came to shop obviously and yeah, city's packed. You can hear the noise from the second floor. This is what where I was just playing and enjoying. And yeah, cool vibes, man. But you get it. You get it. All right. I think this whole day is going to be very eventful. I know there's a lot of people wearing jerseys and everything, so I think that's kind of cool.

[00:32:29]guys. So, yeah, man. Look at this. Uh, this is where all that crowd was coming from. They shut it down. It looks like they're getting ready to open up that area. It's 10:34 at the moment now. So, I was told it would be open by 12. So, it's on track. So, I got like an hour and a half to open up. But, yeah, it's cool. But, it's an early morning event.

[00:32:52]It's worth the time. for me.

[00:32:54]Unfortunately for me, I didn't realize I should have just got some sleep, woke up, got like a 4 hour sleep, but I'm definitely going back home and getting me another some a nap at least a 4-hour nap or something like that. Definitely.

[00:33:09]Yeah. Just uh met a beautiful couple uh introverts and I asked them what does this day mean to them? They didn't want to talk, but they got straight to the point of the, you know, last year they got put off because there was some form of booing last year. It happened this year. They got turned off because of that. You know, a day that's supposed to be a day of people being united and uh some people just being untasteful.

[00:33:41]And so it, you know, they didn't want to visit.

[00:33:46]I think that might be a trend happening in the future. You know, I love what the crowd was doing. They were they were so I I don't want to get too into too much detail. You'll probably see it on news or something like that, but like the certain people showed up um started to talk and it was like a like a group of people just started started uh bullying. But then you had a me observing the crowd because I was there. Uh you'll see people like, "Yo, be quiet.

[00:34:19]Stop talking." And not a lot of people notice. People from here noticed me and they said, "What are you, you know, where you were you filming those guys?"

[00:34:26]And it's like when I turned around, a lot of the people got quiet. It's like they have confidence to do what they want to do off camera. Inconspicuous.

[00:34:40]And honestly, you're a coward. You know, the sold the soldiers out here put their life on the line and they're not hiding their face. They're the real patriots.

[00:34:51]And the people that come here and support everybody and show their face and not hiding, those are the real patriots. You guys are here try to create static, they're not real. I know you say you love your country. You're not real. You love yourself. You show yourself. Show you show the well how you feel if that's not if that's the case.

[00:35:13]That's not honesty.

[00:35:15]You know, you're not you're not real.

[00:35:17]Because when I turn around, you got real quiet. Not to me. It was in the back.

[00:35:22]But you saw I was uh what I was doing and all of a sudden I got a little quiet on my end.

[00:35:29]I'm just keeping it real now.

[00:35:32]What people need to do honestly in my opinion moving forward, anticipate this type of ignorance, clap over it, right? And also record them.

[00:35:48]You know what I mean? Record them. They want to be they want to be they want to be heard. They should be seen. It's only right. Record them and put them on so everybody knows that's how they feel.

[00:35:59]And hey, at least they can be free. Be free and be whoever they want to be in public. You know what I mean?

[00:36:08]That's not, you know, >> no, I ain't tell you what you say was wrong. I'm just saying the coward being coward, being a coward is not right.

[00:36:18]Being real about how you feel and being open about it, that's how you do it.

[00:36:23]feels.

[00:36:26]>> Shout out to all the patriots, all the military folks here that are having fun.

[00:36:30]You deserve it. You guys are the real patriots. The ones that put your life on the line for your country. You know what I'm saying? You're not wearing no mask.

[00:36:38]You're You know what I mean? You're proud to be who you are. I love it, man.

[00:36:42]I love the I love the patriotism.

[00:36:46]I love being proud of who you are. And uh God bless Australia and its people.

[00:36:52]everybody, every single Australian citizen. God bless y'all. Um, wanted to highlight though cuz I saw a group of military guys, military, army and um, navy. um two in the army who were Aboriginal and one um who was in the Navy not and you know they were just hanging out together and I I wanted to show that but those guys are really young and they just got in the military but I wanted to show that camaraderie cuz they were just hanging out and everything and I think that's the most important thing to realize that Australia is a a melting pot of people who got who have different backgrounds s um come from different walks of lives, different lineage, history, but what unites them is this country. What unites them and brings to the them together and they're willing to fight for no matter how you feel is for this country and that unity needs to be recognized. Thanks for watching. This is I know this is a little short video. If this is your first time watching your boy I've been here for a while just exploring doing my little touristy thing traveling traveling. I'm here in Melbourne. Peace loves and uh see you in the next one.

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