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26th January is a day Aussies around the world Celebate! HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY.

You are welcome to celebrate with us.

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+9 Views: 1247 Answers: 13 Posted: 11 years ago

In case you don't know , this day 26th January, 1788 , Capt. Arthur Phillip landed at Botony Bay, better known as Sydney Harbour with a fleet of ships filled with convicts, little did they know they were to become the First Aussies of this Great Nation, Australia --- TRUE BLUE.

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country bumpkin

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11 years ago. Rating: 15
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bulletman

love it, CB.

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pythonlover

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11 years ago. Rating: 13
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pythonlover

Same to you Bulletman, Tommy and Wonderdyke.Have a good one.
Cheers !

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ClevelandRick

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Happy Australia day

11 years ago. Rating: 13
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ROMOS

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All the best from KOTF mates!

11 years ago. Rating: 12
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hector5559

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Good Aussie day Mate, Will you be polising your Didgeredo,

11 years ago. Rating: 12
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bulletman

The only thing i polished of this morning was the free breakfast down at the local park, Bacon and eggs Sandwich, delicious.:-)

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hector5559

save me some ,

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Tommyh

Yeah,Play ya didgereedoo Blue,keep playin'until I shoot thru.LOL

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digger

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Wishing you Aussies a fun-filled day of safe celebration. So, officially, how old is Australia ? Do you have an Independence Day or a "Date of Birth" ?

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bulletman

Digger, Australia is 235 years old since first settlement, today is our 'Date of Birth' as you put it, we are an independant nation, as yet not a Republic, we are a member like Canada, part of the Commonwealth.

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Good Australia day !!

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millie111

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Have a Great Day..and as Colleen says stay safe! xx

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Ann

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Have a great day . Enjoy!

11 years ago. Rating: 11
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Colleen

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To all you Aussies.

Enjoy the day! Those of you who can anyway. Sorry to hear about the flooding going on :(

Stay safe all!

11 years ago. Rating: 10
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bulletman

You are correct , Colleen, between the Bush Fires and Flooding not all will be celebrating today.

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Tommyh

The Qld floods peak today (Tuesday here).Fingers crossed again.

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Colleen

Thanks for continuing to check in Tommy. Still hoping the best for you and yours.

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jhharlan

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Makes our "4th of July" seem like an amateur.....

11 years ago. Rating: 10
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bulletman

Somehow i don't think so,especially for those who are in big trouble this year because of the floods in Queensland which Tom is caught up in, i'm afraid he and his family will not be celebrating,he may not be able to communicate with us as his area have no power.

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Tommyh

I'm still here.Finally got some sleep last night.The floods peak today but they won't get to us.We are very high & dry.We copped a little bit of damage from the winds.Lost the roof off one of the sheds.My daughter had a 60ft. Norfolk pine tree land in her back yard.Minimal damage tho,it didn't hit the house.The little town of Laidley to our west has been totally evacuated.Poor buggers.The whole place is under water.4 lives lost so far due to this weather event.One of them a 3 yo toddler.A gum tree fell on him.Very sad.

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jhharlan

Thanks for the update. I've been worried. I lost my dad today but still, I worried.. jhh

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Tommyh

Oh Julie...I'm so sorry. How easily we forget that others have their problems.Don't worry about us. We're OK.

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