Anzac crowds turn to two-up and beer
Only a few hours after Sydney stood still at dawn to remember fallen diggers, sombre crowds turned into rowdy ones as beers flow and two-up coins fly.
Pubs across the city were bursting at the seams before midday on Wednesday as people of all ages rubbed shoulders in the two-up circle.
In Sydney's Rocks precinct, streets were blocked off - cars replaced by bands playing Australian classics and barbecues cooking big breakfasts.
Among the throng was Swedish tourist Eleonora Strandh, among the first to take the spinner's wooden bat and toss the coins.
"That was an amazing experience, there were a lot of emotions," Ms Strandh told AAP after stepping out of the circle with a fistful of small notes.
"It's a bit different I guess," she said of the heaving crowd and party atmosphere on a national day commemorating those lost to war.
"But it feels like it's very typically Australian, to have a beer with everything else."
