How does one go about celebrating Australia Day?

Question

January 26th is Australia Day. What should I do to get the most out of it?

Just wear a big smile and spread it around will do fine . Thanks for asking. - ray76, Jan 26, 2011

Answer 1

Consume your body weight in beer.

That would be a lot of beer. - Leatha, Jan 26, 2011

Ok, if you say so! - amykay, Jan 26, 2011

Actually we now drink more wine than beer. - ray76, Jan 26, 2011

Answer 2

¿Cómo se celebra el Día de Australia?

¡..... Por supuesto, al revés!

How do you celebrate Australia Day?

Upside down, of course!

I love it Amy, always ready for a new perspective on things. - ray76, Jan 26, 2011

Answer 3

Brashup your "Strine" - Australia's unique form of English.

An example 'Eye-level arch play devoisters ...' ("I'll have a large plate of oysters").

Ask Ray to say it - then you'll "get it".

Aussie Strine A guide for the uninitiated

Consider the following real life experience of British novelist Monica Dickens, as reported in the Sydney Morning Herald on 30 November 1964. Monica was signing copies of her latest book at a bookstore in Sydney, when a lady handed her a book, saying "Emma Chisit?" The author dutifully wrote, 'To Emma Chisit' inside the front cover of the book and passed it back. Can you see what had happened?

Ah - it's so obvious once you know the lingo! The lady was saying in her best Strine, "How much is it?", but being from the Motherland, Monica couldn't understand her.

The hard part of understanding Strine isn't the running of wordfs together, not the gratuitous omission and addition of letters, it's the use of words like "donga", "gibber", and "willy willy". - lorenzo9, Jan 26, 2011

Yep - ian-hill, Jan 26, 2011

Answer 4

Training the young for the great task ahead.

Our newest Citizens.

And , Here is one for " The Girls", enjoy.

Answer 5

This looks like it would be fun. On second thought, maybe not!

Answer 6

Wear thongs and stubbies and a t shirt , put on a hat with corks bobbing around the

brim , slap on a lot of sun screen , with zinc cream on nose and lips. Carry a can

of beer , have a BBQ with lots of snags lamb chops and T bone steak . and a

bucket of prawns . with a lake of Wine and beer ,But if that is not your bag

and you would like to go to a good restaurant and have a great meal , with

fine wine , excellent atmosphere and good service ,well that is available too.

People from all walks of life are catered for , Oh and at the end of the day

there will be a fireworks display to gladden any heart. And a raft of activities are planned for the flood ravaged ares as this photo above will attest.

Answer 7

I looked into moving to Australia a few years ago, but the immigration rules are pretty strict. I ended up in Kansas because they'll take anybody.

They used to almost "pay" us Brits to emigrate there - only £10 for a whole family including the fare there. - ian-hill, Jan 26, 2011

I believe they are still offering to pay people to move into houses in Detroit. - lorenzo9, Jan 27, 2011

Answer 8

If you in Bogotá, come to La Villa. We have token Aussie decor (a flag and a koalas for 15 km sign). We're doing 2 for 1 beers - drinking beer is essential to all true Aussies, and we are doing Vegemite on toast!

The club itself is one of the coolest in town, aaaand the DJ is one of the best in Bogotá and is going to drop in some Aussie choones throughout the night...