Australia Day what are you doing?

well i don't know if it on Australia Day but i think i'm going to a Australia party i'm not sure what else i'm doing!

probly head to the beach

not sure what i'm doing, depends where i am. probably watching cricket. if its on.
else, might go to a protest or something, or maybe have a barbecue with some friends.

My band will be playing at a local community event.

I'm going up to Pacific Sun Friends with a few friends.

Probably hanging out at home.

It is the last weekend we have with our little boy before he goes to school, so we want to have a nice quiet weekend because the following week is going to be an adjustment for ALL of us.

Also the weekend after R is working ALL weekend, so we will need a weekend at home because the following weekend, is going to be busy.

Working,

because people call for technical support on a holiday... they don't really think about the people on the other side.

And people complain that the call centre jobs are going overseas... well if they were over seas, then they can call on public holidays

i have to work in the afternoon and that night there's an Aussie Day thing on at our church.

My youth group (Revolution Youth) have been asked by our local Shire to run the games and some other events at the Australia Day function at our local Pool. It's a free event with a sausage sizzler for a gold coin donation.

I'll be eating lentil patties and avoiding anyone who doesn't think Sam Kekovich is a complete moron.

Zaphod_Beeblebrox said:

I'll be eating lentil patties and avoiding anyone who doesn't think Sam Kekovich is a complete moron.

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Same.

I must be incredibly un-Australian to not be eating lamb on Australia Day.

Gee I wonder who we can blame for inciting racial tension...

Australia day is one of the things I really like about Australia, every one is happy and celebrates together (atleast it appeared that way last year when I was over there). The NZ equivalent is a bit tense.

Neighbourhood street BBQ

i'll probably go to the beach in the morning then my family will probaby sit on our roof to watch the fireworks!

Australia day is one of the things I really like about Australia, every one is happy and celebrates together (atleast it appeared that way last year when I was over there). The NZ equivalent is a bit tense.

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a fair proportion of Australia's 500,000 Aborigines aren't happy and don't celebrate together with everyone else. there will be protest marches &c. in many australian cities.

We are travelling 4 hours north to visit my husband's grandfather who has recently had a seizure. This will be our only chance as my husband has just started a new job and my daughter starts school next week. Have a great day!!

Holiday for me!

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a fair proportion of Australia's 500,000 Aborigines aren't happy and don't celebrate together with everyone else. there will be protest marches &c. in many australian cities.

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I didn't know that. I was in Sydney for it last year, saw signs up for big community barbeques on the beach with every one invited and thought "hey that's cool, why don't we do that sorta thing?"

I didn't know that. I was in Sydney for it last year, saw signs up for big community barbeques on the beach with every one invited and thought "hey that's cool, why don't we do that sorta thing?"

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a lot of australians seem to forget that australia day is celebrating the first day of permanent european settlement in australia, a settlement that did not acknowledge the Aboriginal ownership of the land, did not seriously attempt to negotiate any settlement with the Aboriginal people, resulted in the murder of thousands of Aboriginal people, unfair and racist treatment of Aboriginal people for many years, serious damage to many Aboriginal cultures, &c. &c. &c.

i am not arguing that we should not celebrate Australia Day, not at all. just that it should be held on a different date, a date when all Australians can celebrate together, commemorate all that is Australian and not just one aspect of our history, move on from the past and work toward a positive future where we are all Australians, where we recognise and celebrate our many different cultures, and where we all learn from each other.