In some ways, it was like any other Anzac Day at Woodland Grove in Wodonga.
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The cool Autumn morning was covered by fog and a silence as heavy befell on those present as The Ode was read.
But the thousands who usually gather to commemorate were not there.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they were instead in their homes and on their driveways, holding candles as they observed dawn arrive.
Less than 10 people - including RSL sub-branch president Jim Begley and vice-president Kevyn Williams - were present for the laying of a wreath.
"We've got nothing on at the RSL, we'll probably watch the broadcasts on television, because we can't associate with the family," Mr Begley said.
"But this was good, we had to do this - to lay the wreaths. It's an acknowledgement, and other people will see that.
"I think we'll see more wreaths; there's already another one there."
What was meant to be Mr Begley's first dawn service as president of the sub-branch was the first service cancelled in the club's 92-year-history.
"And we had one year that was absolutely horrible weather - our shoes were full," he said.
"This is what the whole year is about for us, it's the purpose of the club, and getting a chance to mark it is missed."
Gathered around the cenotaph was a person playing the broadcast of a dawn service, and the widow of a Vietnam veteran.
"We'll create something permanent at the club, and hope this never happens again, but it will show it was the Clayton's Anzac Day if you like - the one that we didn't have," Mr Begley said.
From homemade poppies to images of soldiers displayed outside homes, residents across the Border and North East found unique ways to honour the sacrifices that have been made in service since the first Australians arrived at Gallipoli 105 years ago.
In Albury, Madeline Poulton and her five children held candles on their driveway.
"It was really nice to get out and do something like that," she said.
"Normally the older girls march in the parade with Albury Public, we're always down on the same corner with grandparents watching the March.
"It's very different to what we're accustomed to.
"They know what can and cant happen, I suppose for them, not marching in the parade was challenging, because it's something they look forward to doing.
"We have some family we remember ... I think for us it's more so everyone who has given everything they have for us to be able to live the way we do."
Mrs Poulton said many people had come up with creative ways to mark the day.
"People are really thinking outside the square about what they can do," she said.
"Even though it's a different way of celebrating, in some ways it's brought Anzac Day more into the light, as it's brought it to people's minds how they're going to mark the day."
