General News
6 May, 2026
On deck for morning of remembrance
WITH deck chairs in hands, people began arriving for Mologa’s best day of the year.
WITH deck chairs in hands, people began arriving for Mologa’s best day of the year.
The district near Pyramid Hill that once boasted shops, hotels and a school, is today defined by a war memorial inscribed with the names of those who served in World War One and some, including three Marlow brothers who made the supreme sacrifice.
On Saturday there were students from Pyramid Hill College, today not much younger than the Marlows were more than 110 years ago, taking part in the service at the memorial maintained by the local Landcare group.
Cooper Gould recited In Flanders Field, Alina Gould was poised in delivering The Ode.
Landcare group president Bill Boyd handed out wreaths that were placed at the base of the memorial.
Guest speaker Tom Burrows said he and everyone at the service were the lucky ones after sharing stories of his family who served in World War Two.Tom said two of his uncles were killed in that conflict.
Among the lucky ones on Saturday was Herb Schuemaker, down from Gympie in Queensland visiting his son.
Herb had planned to be headed to Western Australian until the price of diesel skyrocketed. “The farmers need the fuel more,” he said.
One group at Saturday’s service had camped in their caravan the night before.
Others wondered how a town had all but disappeared. But as Bill Boyd said: “We usually see a couple of busloads of tourists detour and stop at the memorial every year,” he said as more than 50 people rose from their deck chairs for a cooked breakfeast before heading to Pyramid Hill for the next Anzac service.
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