Australia Day – Icons, Flags and BBQs

Author: Gourmantic Posted on: January 26, 2010 at 11:59 pm 4 Comments

Australia Day commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet at Port Jackson, New South Wales in 1788, commandeered by Captain Arthur Phillip. Our country only may be 222 years young but come January 26, we know how celebrate our heritage in true Aussie style.

On this national public holiday, it’s our chance to fly the flag over our iconic beaches, beautiful bays and stunning harbour.

Sydney put on a hot one with temperatures in the 30s, packing our beaches with revellers getting down to business. We admire the generation that eats too much chicken.

We slap fake tattoos on our golden skin and slip on our thongs (flip flops) with pride.

We proudly wear our Aussie flag gear, be it as a cossie, on our bodies or over our beach tents.

We also sport our green and gold colours and smile for the camera.

Our flag is everywhere to be admired, from deep blue skies to plastic hats and Angus beef burgers.

With alcohol banned on the beach and nearby parks, watering holes like the Coogee Palace Hotel encourage singlets, bikinis and thongs. Oh and legal drinking.

We display our Australian icons for all to see. Our backyard culture speaks of many tales through clothes hoist, BBQs, lawn mowers and Australiana insignia.

We crank up the barbie and pop a few beers. We cook some prawns, throw on a few tasty snags, eat lamb on Australia Day while we down as much alcohol to the cheer of Aussie Aussie Aussie.

For as long as she could hold a pen, Ms Gourmantic has been an avid scribe feeding her passion for writing with an overactive imagination. Her repertoire includes works of fiction, short stories, travelogues as well as authoring blogs and photoblogs. She is currently writing a novel.