Australia Day what does it mean to you? It means so many different things for a lot of people. Captain Arthur Phillip may have landed on the shores with the First Fleet on 26 January 1788 with eleven convict ships from the ‘Mother land’. It wasn’t until 1935 that all of our states and territories marked the 26 January as ‘Australia Day’. As recent as 1994, was when Australian’s started to celebrate Australia Day consistently, with the only way Australians know how; a public holiday! Our nation has come a long way since 1788. So we all have different ways of celebrating it, or not; backyard cricket, lamingtons, Pavlova, meat pies, bbq’s, Triple J’s hottest 100 and the cool refreshing ale; beer. Maybe even squeeze a swim in, because today is a hot one, gotta love summer. Regardless of how you celebrate Australia Day, be thankful for a great country we have. The past is not something we can change; we have to learn from that. However, we can all change the way our Nation will be shaped in the future. Happy Australia Day, I hear a cold one calling my name now.
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