Popular items included Australian Flag:
- Bikinis
- boardies
- towels
- hats
- tatts
- attach to the head umbrellas
- drape around yourself flags
- bodysuits
- singlets
- t-shirts
- fingernail polish
- thongs
- body paint.
There were thousands at Kings Beach today. I think we were the only group dressed normally.
Yes. But last year you took your Australian towel to the gym didn't you?
ReplyDeleteAndrew and I were at in the car park at Cataract Gorge in Launceston today & discussed keying all the cars flying Aussie flags. We decided that was a bit extreme.
ReplyDeleteAl - bringing that up was nasty.
ReplyDeleteJo - Caloundra today was unbelievable. I tried to not be a killjoy - but really... What exactly was being celebrated? I asked Micah. He said, "We're remembering when Australia was found." Hm. I think we were celebrating our hedonistic lifestyle and (deliberately) forgetting at whose expense it came.
I like Australia Day. I am thankful I live in Australia.
ReplyDeleteI personally like the Australian flag. I don't mind the occasional tasteful display (not bikinis) of it on our national day. If you can't bring out the flag then when can you?
But I do think the marketing of loads of mechandise is woeful.
I also don't like seeing Easter eggs in the shops in January or Christmas starting in September or October.
I claim seeing two girls in Warwick Capper wigs. Now that's Orstraylian, in't it?
ReplyDeleteOoh you sound like my parents - the only people at the beach not wearing some crazy thing; the only car without little plastic flags. when I was a child I thought they were terribly boring. As a teenager I was grateful.
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