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Here In Australia, We Love Australia Day

From the lens What To Do On Australia Day.

Did you enjoy your visit here today?

  • RawBill May 21, 2012 @ 7:37 pm | delete
    As I am a vegan, I do not really do Barbecues anymore and as I am a music fan too, I tend to just sit back and listen to the Triple J Hottest 100 countdown each year these days. Still, it is a great day and there is always plenty to do on the day.
  • Charming_Beads May 18, 2012 @ 4:08 pm | delete
    Never occurred to me to wonder about Australia Day but I"m delighted to see this page and see what fun it is!
  • oceansky May 16, 2012 @ 9:45 pm | delete
    That's allot of great ideas for Australia Day.
  • cdcraftee Jan 25, 2012 @ 9:51 am | delete
    Happy Australia Day ElleDeeEsse - we're taking our beloved grand-daughter to a BBQ lunch celebration at Kongorong, a country town near Mt. Gambier, South Australia, where they list a Ferret race as one of the attractions! Novel....
    Christine
  • ElleDeeEsse Jan 25, 2012 @ 2:37 pm | delete
    Sounds like fun. Jere on the East Coast we are just hoping it will stop raining for the day!
  • collettehrock Jan 15, 2012 @ 7:21 am | delete
    I am in the middle of writing a lens on Australia day and I didn't want to have to much of the same stuff in it I love the way that you have presented this and I hope you have a great Australia day
  • Science-Fiction-Fan Jan 14, 2012 @ 7:19 am | delete
    I won 't be under the bed, I'll be heading for a concert. Happy Australia Day to all!
  • Vladi Jan 14, 2012 @ 2:31 am | delete
    I know what I will do on Australia Day - I'll be under the bed away from any fireworks
  • ElleDeeEsse Jan 14, 2012 @ 3:11 am | delete
    You stay safe Vlad!
  • Pukeko Jan 12, 2012 @ 4:08 am | delete
    I love this lens! What fun. That thong challenge was a crack up. We say jandal - and thong conjures up a different image in my head. Blessed.
  • susannaduffy Jan 12, 2012 @ 1:30 am | delete
    I might give the cockroach races a miss
  • RecipePublishing Aug 21, 2011 @ 9:47 am | delete
    Great place!
  • Duane_Jackson Jun 7, 2011 @ 1:26 am | delete
    sounds like a lot of fun...especially the community breakfast...another well done lens...
  • drs2biz Feb 10, 2011 @ 10:41 pm | delete
    Great lens, Lynne, with some good ideas for celebrations. ~ Blessed ~
  • Philippians468 Feb 2, 2011 @ 8:53 am | delete
    yes i definitely did! thank you for this delightful lens! cheers
  • WindyWinters Jan 26, 2011 @ 9:58 pm | delete
    Happy Australia Day! I hope you enjoy your day celebrating with friends and family. Thanks for sharing your history of your holiday. PS. In Canada, we still go by the British English and call flip flops... thongs or sandals. We tend to call underwear...undies! The young girls go by the American language and say flip flops and thongs. :)
  • Michey Jan 26, 2011 @ 9:32 am | delete
    Happy Australia Day for all my Squid00-Australian-friends. I hope you have fun and celebrate in style. I am looking to Australian Open Tennis tournament, this is my way to celebrate....
    All the best
  • deyani Jan 25, 2011 @ 2:08 pm | delete
    This lens sums up everything about Australian Day. I live in Australia for couple years now but never really understand the reason why Australians celebrate Australia Day on the 26th of January. But now I know =) And as I now live in Sydney, I can't wait to go to Sydney Harbour, enjoying the ferryathon & the boat parade. --- Blessed --- and Happy Australia Day!
  • seegreen Jan 16, 2011 @ 5:50 am | delete
    Me again. I just thought you might want to point out that Thongs in Australia also mean Flip Flops. I think the Yanks may get the wrong idea!
  • seegreen Jan 16, 2011 @ 5:44 am | delete
    It's always good to meet another Australian on Squidoo. I hope you have a great Australia day this month.
  • MrSquiffy Sep 18, 2010 @ 7:13 am | delete
    Great lens but do we have to celebrate Australia? Can't we just pretend they never happend?
  • bluenoon Jun 14, 2010 @ 7:57 am | delete
    These are lots of activities, I thought, Australians had a laid back approach to Australia day
  • ElleDeeEsse Jun 14, 2010 @ 4:36 pm | delete
    You're right, bluenoon, Australians are pretty laid back about most things except when it comes to celebrating anything pertaining to Australia and Australia Day tops that list!
  • StevenCousley Jan 22, 2010 @ 12:14 am | delete
    I was planning to just veg out in front of the tv but you just might have inspired me to venture outdoors on the day.........maybe. :)
    BTW, great lens!
  • Brookelorren Jan 18, 2010 @ 11:39 pm | delete
    I love Australia. It's a great country... I'd like to go back again someday.
  • happynutritionist Jan 17, 2010 @ 5:27 pm | delete
    Thank you for caring, and for adding this beautiful lens to RocketMoms Help for Haiti to benefit the Haitian people. ~claudia
  • OhMe Jan 9, 2010 @ 7:26 pm | delete
    Austrailia Day sounds like super fun. I will be thinking of you on January 26. Thank you for adding this wonderful to lens to the Plexo on Festivals, Fairs, and Special Events.
  • Tuula_Olin Nov 29, 2009 @ 10:48 pm | delete
    Like it very much, 5 *. Nice photos and good content. I'm from Queensland and I'd love to travel to Blue Mountains one day!
  • WindyWinters Nov 4, 2009 @ 11:30 am | delete
    Happy Belated Australia Day. Lensrolled and Featured on Happy Canada Day - July 1st! Thanks for adding your lens to:
    A RocketMoms Thanksgiving Day Feast :)
  • Heather426 Oct 16, 2009 @ 5:48 pm | delete
    Looks like everyone's having fun! Nice holiday lens!
  • whitemoss Oct 4, 2009 @ 6:00 am | delete
    I've spent Australia Day with Australians a couple of times- you all do know how to have fun!
    I've added this to my Boxing Day lens too.
  • bdkz Oct 3, 2009 @ 6:40 pm | delete
    Nice!
  • clouda9 Oct 3, 2009 @ 12:46 am | delete
    I really love the idea of the Community Breakfast - what a great way to get people together. Nice lens about a very special holiday.
  • GonnaFly Oct 2, 2009 @ 5:34 am | delete
    Excellent lens on a great Summer holiday!
  • luvmyludwig Oct 1, 2009 @ 12:41 am | delete
    I want one of those giant flip flops, nice lens
  • theraggededge Sep 30, 2009 @ 5:28 pm | delete
    Nice page - going to feature it on my St David's Day lens.
  • ElleDeeEsse Sep 30, 2009 @ 4:58 pm | in reply to oztoo | delete
    Another great Aussie holiday! What other country stops for a horse race?
  • oztoo Sep 30, 2009 @ 6:23 am | delete
    Gosh darn it Lynne. I was going to do Australia Day then I thought I'd do an Australian Christmas Lunch. You beat me both times. Great Lens. I ended up doing Melbourne Cup Day.
  • ElleDeeEsse Sep 29, 2009 @ 9:50 pm | in reply to KarateKatGraphics | delete
    Ha ha, no aussies save their Borat mankinis for other outings...
  • KarateKatGraphics Sep 29, 2009 @ 9:33 pm | delete
    LOL I'm glad the "thong challenge" was not what I first thought when I saw that heading! Cool lens!
  • shajo Sep 29, 2009 @ 8:41 pm | delete
    Great holiday lens! I love the idea of a community breakfast!
  • Sylvestermouse Sep 29, 2009 @ 3:38 pm | delete
    What a great lens! Thanks!
  • sandyspider Sep 29, 2009 @ 9:32 am | delete
    I would love to celebrate this Holiday there!
  • 24websurf Sep 28, 2009 @ 8:38 pm | delete
    This sounds like my kind of holiday! I would love to be there for the celebration!

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ElleDeeEsse

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