Try ‘Terres de Memoire Somme Battlefield Tours’, we did a fantastic one day tour with them last year, definitely worth the $$s.

We drove there. The memorial didn’t seem to have much public transport going there. You may find it easier to hire a car for the day.

Hi, We had a car and we stayed in Amiens and just drove to Villiers Bretonneux, there is parking at the site, although if you are going to go for Anzac Day you may not be able to park there. I do not know which tour companies go there, but there is lots of them.

Very affordable as long as you’re happy to walk from the station. The walk is like walking across an undulating meadow so wear comfortable shoes / boots. The memorial site itself is free admission and the John Monash centre is also free if you bring your own headphones for the tour. If not, they sell headphones for about €3 each from memory. You’ll want to do this for the full experience.

Hi, We hired a car for a few days, so not too sure how other transport systems go. There seemed to be plenty of parking in the area.

We did an escorted tour with Sylvestre of Terres du Memories. Train from Paris to Amiens where we were picked up at Station and that night dropped at Lille Station. I'm sure if you emailed some of these tour people they could advise as to plans in place for VB Anniversary.

Ditto about the accommodation. Don't miss the Victoria schoolas you travel the area. We stayed in Amiens which had a lively area by the river for dinner etc. There is a battlefield tour departing by the station which we did with 2 Australians and it was very good. Belgium... Bruges and Ghent are very pretty to visit and we spent a few days in and around Brussels, we went to Tyne Cot cemetery and a battlefield tour around there which we found very interesting. Last post at the Mennin Gate in Ypres was very moving. I particularly remember the Canadian memorial when recalling that day.

Look I'm not sure what sort of transport would be available as we were on a tour but I would say you would have no problems with getting to the dawn service as many Australian will be doing the same thing as you an I would assume the locals would be catering for such event and providing transport services to and from Villers-Bretonneux . You would probably able to contact local Tourism Board for more information. Be prepared for cold conditions and rug up.

I too would check with War Memorial in Canberra. or if you get a Tour Guide, they should know in advance.

Cannot do it without a walk. Villers Bretonneux train station is at the bottom of the village about 1 k from the "main road". The War memorial is about 2 k's out of town, 3 k's all up one way walk. I walked from the memorial, after the dawn service, into town. An easy walk and would be quite pleasant depending on the weather. I was rained on.