Advance Australia Fair

[jawnbc]

Happy Australia Day to my dear antipodean friends!

Comments

[mikeybill.livejournal.com]

Do you know that the opening of their anthemn often sounds like they're singing

"Australians all love ostriches"

Sing it that way once and you'll never get it out of your head...

[jawnbc]

Never noticed; I'm more an "I am Australian" fan meself. The Seekers' version, of course.

[mikeybill.livejournal.com]

And just to mention, antipodes also includes NZ.

[jawnbc]

duh. no kidding?

[jeneration.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Can't say I'm doing anything special, but if I feel up to whipping up a pavlova or a tray of lamingtons (or a lamb chop bbq as Sam Kekovich would have us do) then I'll certainly think of your good wishes :)

Please forgive my ignorance - is there a Canada Day or equivalent?

[jawnbc]

01 July (1867) :)

[mikeybill.livejournal.com]

well, not all your friends in the antipodes are celebrating australia day hun, that's all, you know how tetchy you Canucks get when confused with yankees... same goes at this end ;-)

[catdraco.livejournal.com]

Actually, I much prefer singing the words of 'Advance Australia Fair' to the tune of the Gilligan's Island theme.

Try it. You'll never go back. *grin*

[master-flea.livejournal.com]

At my uni here in Sydney, we always started official functions with the following words:

We acknowledge that we stand on the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, the traditional custodians of this land. Land that was stolen but never ceded. We pay respect to their elders.

Sorry to get political, but it's important that we remember that.
Happy Invasion Day.

[mmmblog.livejournal.com]

You remembered! I asked some of my yankee friends online what day today was...

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You remembered! I asked some of my yankee friends online what day today was...<sound of blank replies....> sigh!