The 26th if January is Australia day so in tribute I will write this post in Australian... A quick glossary of words is at the end of the post ;)
I got up in the morning of Australia day and headed to Ros's house for the day. Ros was the house mother for Phils sisters at boarding school so we have a sort of attachement (even though I've never met her before). Upon arrving we cracked open a 'stubbie' and left some others sat in the 'eskie' (sp?!?). I spent most of the day watching some of the neighbours playing cricket and having a bbq on the beach. As an aside it was intersting to note that the were more blokes in the group than 'Sheilas' - aparently Perth as a very high number of Sheilas to each bloke, as most of the boys have headed out to the mines (not for much longer me thinks!). For food we had a typical Aussie meal of BBQ followed by banana and passion fruit pavlova. I then headed into town to watch the sky works 'crackers'. All in all quite a nice day, I was however surprised by the lack of street entertainment during the day for those sat waiting for the crackers. The local police spent the news complaining about drunken behaviour - however if there is nothing else to do all day but sit holding your place for teh crackers and drink... It was also interesting to see that alot of cars had Australian flags hanging out the windows - Ros seems to think this is a demonstration of a new found Aussie pride, I however wonder whether it is another example of creeping Americanisation.
On another note the man names Australian of the year (Prof. Mick Dobson - Aborigional historian and activist) called for Australia day to be changed to another date. He believes that the its an insult to the Aborigional community to celebrate Australia day on what they call invasion day.
In other news I have moved into a gliding friends house, bought a bike and am looking for work!
Glossary:
Eskie - cool box
Stubbie - small bottle of beer
cracker - fireworks
I was also trying to get in Ute - pick up truck! :)
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hello there - sorry to drop out on you we have had an ongoing nightmare here for a week. Am feeling like an old creaking wreck today but at least the worst is over for the mo!
Good luck with job hunting and enjoy the bike rides. The weather is picking up here which probably means yours is on the wane...?!
love the pianist x
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