Horses, hounds, school students and the captain of Australia's largest warship have taken part in Hobart's Anzac Day parade.
A record number of marchers, estimated at more than 1500, followed the 20-minute trek from the city's Town Hall to the Queens Domain Cenotaph on Saturday.
Bolstering numbers were crew members from HMAS Canberra - the Royal Australian Navy's newest and largest warship, with aircraft carrying capability - which is currently moored in the southern capital.
Commanding officer Captain Jonathan Sadleir led the contingent of his sailors.
Scores of local schools participated in the parade, with students marching beneath banners.
Year 6 pupil Connor Vernon, 12, was among the youngsters taking part.
He wore the medals of his grandfather, engineer Corporal William Lawrence Jasper, who served Australia in WWII and Vietnam.
Members of the historic Tasmanian Lighthorse troop were popular among the crowd, dressed in period uniform.
Some were on horseback while others led dogs in memory of war-time canines used to aid medical units.
Officials including Tasmanian Governor Kate Warner and Hobart City Lord Mayor Sue Hickey oversaw the parade, which ended with a gathering ahead of an official wreath-laying ceremony.
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