People urged to think local on Anzac Day
Go local. That is the message for those attending Anzac Day services in NSW.
Martin Place will be the centrepiece of commemorations with large screens to be set up for the expected crowds.
Police will be keeping an eye on numbers as the space will likely reach capacity, and have warned the public they will need to get there early.
Other major events in Sydney to mark the Gallipoli centenary include the Anzac Day march which begins at 9am in Martin Place, and the commemoration service at the Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park at 12.30pm.
Back at the Cenotaph in Martin Place at 5pm is the sunset service.
One person who will be at all four events, as well as the service in Redfern to acknowledge the indigenous men and women who served, is NSW Governor David Hurley.
It will be a long day for him, well over 12 hours, but he wants to attend as many events as he can.
"This is such a very special day for Australia. You would pack as much into it as you could and it's very important to be with people at each of those activities," he told AAP.
NSW has been battered by the storm of the decade this week and RSL NSW president Rod White says the disastrous weather will affect some services.
"(But) generally speaking, across Sydney and the regional areas, we're expecting most people to be able to get access to their local war memorials," he said.
One confirmed casualty of the weather was the Sydney Camp Gallipoli event, whose sleep-out under the stars in Centennial Park has been postponed.
There are concerns for the dawn service in the Sydney suburb of Manly with the Manly Dam war memorial almost completely underwater this week.
It has since been announced the Camp Gallipoli event on Friday night has been shifted to the nearby Entertainment Quarter in Sydney's east.
