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Australia Day

Posted on Wednesday, 26th January 2005 at 4:08am

Happy Australia Day. Go forth and drink yourself stupid all arvo, burn the lamb and snagas on the barbie, and then gaze into the night sky which will be illuminated by some bloody expensive fireworks that are synchronized with that song you can’t remember the name of. Point and laugh at the drunk guy who tries to swim across the river and nearly drowns, and remember to run like hell when the fireworks fade so you beat the traffic.

Aussie, aussie, aussie…

23 Responses to “Australia Day”

Chris Says:
January 26th, 2005 at 4:13am
Happy Australia Day!

PS: Still can’t vote for ya… getting the 509 all night and day long.
Stephanie Says:
January 26th, 2005 at 5:03am
OoOO! that picture is so pretty!
Martin Says:
January 26th, 2005 at 5:06am
Don’t forget about thanking the sheep!

Sorry, had to, I’m a South African…
victor Says:
January 26th, 2005 at 9:38am
happy day =)
…i can’t vote bandwictch blablabla
James Says:
January 26th, 2005 at 9:50am
Oi Oi Oi!
Matt Says:
January 26th, 2005 at 10:58am
YEY another excuse for us aussies to get drunk!
Noodlez Says:
January 26th, 2005 at 11:25am
Since when have we needed an excuse?
Tom Says:
January 26th, 2005 at 4:36pm
Happy Australia Day! In your honour, I am going to go home after work and wrap up in an extra large sheepskin blanket, with my imatation kangaroo hide slippers, zip open a 32 oz can of Fosters (cause as all red blooded americans know, thats Australian for beer) and watch a croc hunters maraton on Animal Planet and wish it was still summer here. Have a great day, enjoy
Kitta Says:
January 26th, 2005 at 6:16pm
James, I was starting to think no one would give me an ‘oi, oi, oi’.

Tom, fosters is Australian for “tastes like piss”, but I hope you have fun anyway.
Spyder Says:
January 26th, 2005 at 6:41pm
I’ve only seen one person drink fosters in Australia… and he wasn’t even Australian
sergio Says:
January 26th, 2005 at 10:43pm
Woo! Do you ride ostriches in races and box wallaroos on this day?

Ok, I’ll go now…
Loddy Says:
January 26th, 2005 at 11:26pm
Oi Oi Oi!!

I’m skint, I’m in the UK…
But Dammit I’m going to the Aussie bar and party tonight!!

You knows it. Yes, yes you do.
Kayhadrin Says:
January 27th, 2005 at 3:13am
Btw, why is the Australia day celebrated on the 26th of Jan ?
What is the history behind it ?
Kitta Says:
January 27th, 2005 at 4:00am
If memory serves correct, January 26 (it think the year was 1788) was the day Captain Arthur Phillip took possession and claimed Australia for the British Empire. It was called ‘Foundation Day’ at first and people held dinners to celebrate… Probably also got smashed back then as well.
Lis Says:
January 27th, 2005 at 5:11am
haha.. great interpretation of Australia Day, I bet it was awesome. And yeah, I tried voting but it seems like the site’s bandwidth was exceeded or something.. I’ll try back again later.
Robert King Says:
January 27th, 2005 at 8:04am
This seems like a real fun holiday. Are there many holidays like that from september to december?
Tom Says:
January 27th, 2005 at 12:50pm
Well, you were right about the fosters and darn if I didn’t sleep through the croc hunter maraton, hope your day was better.
Kitta Says:
January 27th, 2005 at 5:17pm
No Robert, we only have one Australia Day in January.

The bloggie website is now back up and running, so can recommence your voting. Remember, to vote or you’ll be screaming “oh god why didn’t I just vote”.

http://2005.bloggies.com
teddlesruss Says:
January 27th, 2005 at 8:52pm
do you drive a maroon Excel? cos if so i saw it at the foreshore last night. OI OI OI!!!
Kitta Says:
January 27th, 2005 at 10:01pm
No, I don’t drive anything at the moment.
Kris Says:
January 29th, 2005 at 3:19am
I was already going on a pub crawl tonight anyway, but now I’ll make sure I have a be-lated extra beer for Australia while there! Happy Aussie day!!!
alex Says:
January 29th, 2005 at 9:17am
oh my god, that’s not sarcasm directed at the mandatory alcoholic haze that is australia day is it? gulp… shhhhh there might be people listening
JosÃ© Says:
February 2nd, 2005 at 11:12pm
Is a dream of mine to visit Australia someday. Have many friends that are currently living in Melbourne and they say wonderfull things about your country… See ya, Kitta…

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