Happy Australia Day! January 26th is Australia day (much like the 4th of July...except Australia never fought for their independence). The date commemorates the first fleet of ships to arrive in Sydney cove. Anyway there are certain thing you must do to celebrate Aussie day properly they are: (1) Go to the beach (2)Decorate Aussie (face paint, tattoo's, bikini's towels, car flags etc.... (3) play cricket--preferably on the beach (4) BBQ (5) Eat pavlova (6) watch Fireworks!
We only did #'s 2,4,5 & 6 this year but it was too hot to do anything more! Also I managed to not take any pix, but I have to say the fireworks over Olympic park were fantastic and I will be sure to stay up for the fireworks again!
A few tid-bits of information about Australia. First, The crest (pix above) is symbolic because the Emu and the Kangaroo cannot walk backwards, only forwards. The crest is on the $1 coin (the queen of England is on one side of all the money) and also used on government buildings and patriotic paraphernalia. I have really grown to love both the animals as they are pretty tame at most petting zoos and are hardly ever locked up. Seeing that they can't walk backwards and children are usually chasing them into corners, it is pretty amazing that these animals can always get away just by changing their direction (I guess we don't really need to be able to walk backwards)! Happy Australia Day!
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And....Happy Australia Day to you all!
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