“Happy” Australia Day 2021
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 2:24 pm
Well, Happy Austalia Day!
It’s not quite the same anymore for me - too many politicising the day, Triple J’s hottest 100 no longer on our national day of celebrating everything Australian - First Nations People and all.
Before the J’s got involved, mates would flock to someone’s place or a camp location, listening to the hottest 100 on the way while the host place was doing the same. There was a common interest to discuss while enjoying some beer/rum and a bbq together lathered in our national flag inspired outfits. Earlier on there was a bathtub or large container of a fruit punch cocktail, but with kids that’s gone to the wayside.
I don’t think it’s healthy to have your nation’s day of celebration politicised every year on the day. This day was chosen as it was the day Australia was handed its independence to self govern from the mother land from what I understand. It happened to coincide with the day the first fleet apparently landed on Oz soil in 1788 - where they were given a welcome to country by the local clan from a miss understanding. I think the bicentennial celebrations and the landing re-enactment in 1988 certainly doesn’t help with the current way of thinking - it was disgusting to watch back many years later.
Anyway, enjoy some national emblem roo on the bbq, ours was tops and it’s great to catch up with mates too.
Cheers
Bennie
It’s not quite the same anymore for me - too many politicising the day, Triple J’s hottest 100 no longer on our national day of celebrating everything Australian - First Nations People and all.
Before the J’s got involved, mates would flock to someone’s place or a camp location, listening to the hottest 100 on the way while the host place was doing the same. There was a common interest to discuss while enjoying some beer/rum and a bbq together lathered in our national flag inspired outfits. Earlier on there was a bathtub or large container of a fruit punch cocktail, but with kids that’s gone to the wayside.
I don’t think it’s healthy to have your nation’s day of celebration politicised every year on the day. This day was chosen as it was the day Australia was handed its independence to self govern from the mother land from what I understand. It happened to coincide with the day the first fleet apparently landed on Oz soil in 1788 - where they were given a welcome to country by the local clan from a miss understanding. I think the bicentennial celebrations and the landing re-enactment in 1988 certainly doesn’t help with the current way of thinking - it was disgusting to watch back many years later.
Anyway, enjoy some national emblem roo on the bbq, ours was tops and it’s great to catch up with mates too.
Cheers
Bennie
Would be nice though if we could have a day of national celebration just to celebrate what is good about Australia here and now. Nobody is celebrating "the invasion" anyway, dunno why it's such a big deal all of a sudden. If the day was moved to appease the vocal minorities no doubt they'd find something else to gripe and moan on and fill the headlines with. 
There's enough Aussie music to fill a radio station but they force that American garbage over the airwaves, rubs me the wrong way for sure.