Australia Day Celebrations

The Lucky country, Aussie land, The land down under, Land of Oz... Which ever name you know it as, Australia is one of the greatest places on earth (my own bias opinion). The gorgeous beaches, lush rainforests, stretching bushland, cute native animals, perks of having cities situated on the beach, bountiful land and the most amazing diversity make this place one of the most beautiful places to live. Every January 26th on Australia day (invasion day) the nation comes together to celebrate everything we love about being Australian. We drink (lots of) beer from our eskys, we go 4wding, we hit the beach, we listen to the triple j hottest 100 countdown, we feast on our favourite foods, we swim in our backyards while the snags are cooking on the BBQ, we enjoy the heat and we throw parties to commemorate the arrival of the first fleet landing on our shores in 1788.

This year we started the day off with a cruise down the highways of the north coast beaches in our 1980 ford Cortina which has been re-engineered and done up to look (and run) like a million bucks! Cruising up and down the coast we saw so many people hitting the beach with their mates, carrying trampolines to the beach to play/ lay on and many in their million dollar mansions overlooking the shore hosting parties from their balcony pools.

Next we went to the Reindl Mamma's for a nice family lunch and so all the kids could have a run around in the sprinkler. The boys cooked up a beautiful barbeque of t-bones, chops and sausages and the ladies prepared some veggies, quiche, salads and some chicken for the boys that are in the process of shredding.

When we got home Lexi and I prepared a party feast with all of the foods i could think of at the time that scream Australian to me. We decorated the table with a blue PVC tablecloth, a giant Australian flag and some flag bunting then laid out all the foods. We had burger rings, pavlova (the cream wasn't thick enough), an antipasto plate of ham, salami, cabanossi, cheddar, brie, crackers, sun dried tomatoes, french onion dip and sweet chilli deli mix (OK so the antipasto plate wasn't ridiculously Australian), jaffas, minties, a biscuit selection of vovo's, timtams, Anzac biscuits and wagon wheels, party pies, sausage rolls (with tomato sauce of course) and an Australian themed trifle with red and blue jello and some red, white and blue sprinkles i found from my new favourite eBay store apenfold123.

The table looked so good full of some our favourite foods and it was a great way to celebrate the things i love most about being Australian!

how do you celebrate being Australian on January 26th?

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