Aussie Aussie Aussie!

[Denarr Sepphist]

Even though I'm out-of-country, I'm determined to celebrate Australia day!

I've been working down my checklist :

Beer - Pending
Flag cape - check
Snags for pseudo BBQ - Pending
Pluggers - check
Triple J live feed radio - check (They're currently playing Muse!)
Stubbies - check

What's everyone doing for this most glorious, alcohol sodden day?

[Zeke]

Drinking Cherry Coke, attending class, and hoping against all hope that I won't be broke tomorrow.

[Alpha]

Attending class and then getting totally plastered! Yay!

[Dasquian Belargic]

Horror of horrors, I have to go to work and serve other people alcohol! I wonder if we will sell more pints of Fosters than usual... (doubtful).

[Denarr Sepphist]

Horror of horrors, I have to go to work and serve other people alcohol! I wonder if we will sell more pints of Fosters than usual... (doubtful).

I think a lot of us know better than to drink Fosters :lol

However, it's the only Australian-made beer I can get my hands on in this country... I have to search long and hard to see if I can find anything else... Preferably something that doesn't taste like bottled goat-wizz.

[Alpha]

First I hear it takes like canned cat whizz, and not goat whizz. I wonder which it really is... :)

[Denarr Sepphist]

I'm not brave enough to find out, I'll tell you that much.

[Dasquian Belargic]

I think a lot of us know better than to drink Fosters :lol

You'd be surprised. As far as lagers go, we only have Foster and Carlsberg on tap... and we actually sell more Fosters, though usually it's part of a pint of snake-bite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakebite_%28beer_cocktail%29). I suppose you can put it down to students drinking whatever is cheapest! Just smelling the stuff is enough for me.

[Alpha]

The student thing makes sense. We're constantly broke. :D

[Dasquian Belargic]

I think they just see other people drinking it and assume they should be doing it too :mneh

[Turbogeek]

Australians do NOT drink Fosters. At all, full stop. Avoiding that cat pee is a national pastime.

And Australia Day? Who cares, I certainly dont, it's just a public holiday. ANZAC Day is the one that's truly special to Aussies and to me because THAT's when the fierce patriotism about the best country in the world really comes out and we reallly have a reason remember how damn great our land truly is.

[Alpha]

Anzac day?

[Jeseth Cloak]

Australians do NOT drink Fosters. At all, full stop. Avoiding that cat pee is a national pastime.

And Australia Day? Who cares, I certainly dont, it's just a public holiday. ANZAC Day is the one that's truly special to Aussies and to me because THAT's when the fierce patriotism about the best country in the world really comes out and we reallly have a reason remember how damn great our land truly is.
Strange, I spent Australia Day in Coolum Beach last year and it was a really big event. Anzac Day seemed to be more like a day of mourning.

And for those of you who don't know, Anzac Day is somewhat similar to Memorial Day.

[Denarr Sepphist]

And Australia Day? Who cares, I certainly dont, it's just a public holiday. ANZAC Day is the one that's truly special to Aussies and to me because THAT's when the fierce patriotism about the best country in the world really comes out and we reallly have a reason remember how damn great our land truly is.

I, personally, view ANZAC day as a time for remembrance and mourning. Yes, that particular date holds true to what real patriotism is; however I don't see why we can't celebrate said patriotism on a lighter note as well.

I look forward to Australia Day as a chance to do just that. Chill out, slip into the 'true blue Aussie spirit' and enjoy the bits and pieces that make our country unique.

[Alpha]

Oh. So basically the two of them are like our 4th of July and Memorial day respecitvely?

[Dasquian Belargic]

Something like that, I think, although Australia Day is a little more controversial than Fourth of July since it has to do with the British arriving rather than being kicked out.

[Denarr Sepphist]

And for those of you who don't know, Anzac Day is somewhat similar to Memorial Day.

ANZAC day (an acronym for Australian and New Zeland Army Corps) is a day that we remember the soliders who died for our freedom during WW1, with our main focus on the battle of Gallipoli.

Typically, we hold a dawn service. However schools and workplaces have made it a tradition to hold a special ceremony laced with important order. We listen to 'The last Post' played on a trumpet/Bugle, take a minute of silence to remember the fallen, and then listen to a second trumpet call 'Reveille'. Schools (at least mine) used to sell fake poppy flowers to raise money for ANZAC causes, and also offered students and staff the opperunity to go on-stage during the Ceremony and read the names of any loved ones who died.

When I was a lot younger, I avoided the ceremonies because they made me sad, however as I grew older I realised how important that day is to Australia.

[Denarr Sepphist]

Something like that, I think, although Australia Day is a little more controversial than Fourth of July since it has to do with the British arriving rather than being kicked out.

'Invasion Day', as I've heard it being called.

I wonder if, when Rudd finally apologises to the Stolen Generation, some of the controversy will fade away?

[Dasquian Belargic]

Now that I think about it, I suppose ANZAC Day is more like Remembrance Day (UK) or Veterans Day (US).

[Cat X]

Something like that, I think, although Australia Day is a little more controversial than Fourth of July since it has to do with the British arriving rather than being kicked out.

'Invasion Day', as I've heard it being called.

I wonder if, when Rudd finally apologises to the Stolen Generation, some of the controversy will fade away?

For a lot of people, Australia Day marks a terrible event where over a million native people had their land stolen from them. The Tasmanian race ceased to exist. It really is an insult for the people worst affected for Jan 26 to be celebrated.

My guess is ANZAC Day will in the future be the real day for all Australians, if it isnt already. And ANZAC day is far less about celebration, but the coming of age for a nation. All of us can be proud and I'll hopefully march in place of my grandfathers who served in France and Egypt.

[Park Kraken]

My guess is ANZAC Day will in the future be the real day for all Australians, if it isnt already. And ANZAC day is far less about celebration, but the coming of age for a nation. All of us can be proud and I'll hopefully march in place of my grandfathers who served in France and Egypt.

And Turkey. Can't forget about the Dardanelles (Gallipoli) campaign. The brilliant fighting of the ANZAC troops there is the only bright spot of that disastrous campaign.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Gallipoli is definitely what comes to mind for me when I think of Aussie involvement in the War.