This Saturday is Anzac Day – do you know how you’re going to commemorate it? We’ve done the research for you, rounding up the dawn services and gunfire breakfasts happening around town. So set your alarms and head to one of these 2026 Gold Coast Anzac Day services.
Upper Coomera
Day service from 10.30am to 11.30am at Upper Coomera Centre, 90 Reserve Road.
Runaway Bay
Dawn service from 5am to 6.15am at Anzac Park, Lae Drive.
Day service from 10am to 11am at Anzac Place Cenotaph, Lae Drive (march starts at 9.30am from Seagulls Rugby League Carpark).
Gunfire breakfast from 5.30am to 8am at Runaway Bay Junior Leagues Club.
Helensvale
Dawn service from 5am to 6am at Club Helensvale, 20 Discovery Drive, followed immediately by a gunfire breakfast.
Surfers Paradise
Dawn service from 5.30am to 6.30am at the Anzac Memorial, The Esplanade, Surfers Paradise (march starts at 4.45am outside Subway, Beach Road).
Gunfire breakfast following the dawn service at the Diggers and Sports Club (formerly Surfers Paradise RSL). Free for current RSL QLD card holders. Gold coin donation for non-members.
Afternoon service from 12pm to 2pm at the Cenotaph at Cavill Park, Cavill Ave, followed by two-up at the Diggers and Sports Club.
Southport
Dawn service from 5am to 6am at Anzac Park, Broadwater Parklands (march starts at 4.20am, 100m south of Nerang Street on the Gold Coast Highway).
Gunfire breakfast from 6am to 8am at the Southport Bowls Club, 2 Marine Parade.
Day service from 9am to 9.50am in Anzac Park, Broadwater Parklands (march starts at 8am from the Veterans Lawn, Southport).
Nerang
Dawn service from 4.45am to 6am at the Nerang RSL and Memorial Club, 69 Nerang Street. Gunfire breakfast following the dawn service from 6am to 8.30am.
Day service from 10am to 11am at the Nerang RSL and Memorial Club, 69 Nerang Street (march starts at 9.40am at Bischof Pioneer Park, Nerang).
Robina
Day service from 9am to 9.45am at Robina Town Centre, followed by a morning tea.
Mudgeeraba
Dawn service from 4.30am at Else Laver Memorial Park, 12 Railway Street.
Gunfire breakfast following the dawn service at the Mudgeeraba-Robina RSL Sub Branch, 62 Railway Street.
Sunset service from 4pm to 5pm at the Mudgeeraba-Robina RSL Sub Branch, 62 Railway Street (march starts from 3pm at the Village Green).
Burleigh Heads
Dawn service from 5.30am to 6am at the Memorial Park, corner Gold Coast Highway and Connor Street.
Gunfire breakfast from 6.30am to 7.30am at the Burleigh Bowls Club.
Day service from 10am to 11am at the Memorial Park, corner Gold Coast Highway and Connor Street (march starts at 9.40am).
Currumbin
Dawn service from 5am to 6am at Elephant Rock, 741 Pacific Parade (march from 4.40am at the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary Village Green, 28 Tomewin Street).
Mid-morning march and service from 10.30am to 11.30pm at Winders Park, Duringan Street.
Coolangatta/Tweed Heads
Dawn service from 5.45am to 6.30 at Chris Cunningham Park, Wharf Street, Tweed Heads.
Mid-morning service from 11am to 12.30pm at Chris Cunningham Park, Wharf Street, Tweed Heads (march starts at 10.30am adjacent to Coral Street, Boundary Street, Tweed Heads).
*Events are subject to change. Please make sure to refer to the official Queensland RSL event listing for the most accurate details.
