Jan 26th.....Australia Day

[Harvy]

All Aussies out there.......no matter where you are....... Happy Australia Day!

Everyone should go for a ride......... or for those of you in the snowy north.......at least start your engines.

Cheers all.
Harvy

[FJSpringy]

Everyone should go for a ride......... or for those of you in the snowy north.......at least start your engines.

Cheers all.
Harvy

done and very nice weather for it here in Sydney, the big plus is all the coppers are in the city harassing all the families out for the day.

while we are at it lets sack the queen and change the aussie flag to a brown paper bag with a meat pie and sauce sitting on it 

[roverfj1200]

All Aussies out there.......no matter where you are....... Happy Australia Day!

Everyone should go for a ride......... or for those of you in the snowy north.......at least start your engines.

Cheers all.
Harvy

Same to you Harvy and all the FJ crew..

[ren-dog]

I did some more welding on my frame today
But atleast we had a lamb roast for tea 
Now to watch some tennis with a few cool ones 

[waricle]

We were supposed to spend Australia Day aboard the Pacific Dawn on a seven day cruise.

Instead I spent company with Helen in hospital and had a couple of hours with some hi-fi mates hwo are building open-baffle speakers, a BBQ lunch then back to the hospital for the rest of the day.

Happy Australia Day to everyone, even you poms & seppos.

[Kopfjaeger]

cheers waricle, went and took the mates woife for a spin round cessnock then out to toronto. got sunburnt to the nth degree.

[waricle]

Too bloody hot at Cessnock but a ride out to Coal Point would be nice with the breeze off the lake!!

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[the fan]

Speaking for the unenlightened masses, what does Australia Day represent. Is it similar to the USA independence day signifying our deceleration of independence from England? Or does it signify something altogether different?

I know I can just google it, but its ore interesting to hear it from the locals.

[FJSpringy]

Speaking for the unenlightened masses, what does Australia Day represent. Is it similar to the USA independence day signifying our deceleration of independence from England? Or does it signify something altogether different?

I know I can just google it, but its ore interesting to hear it from the locals.

actually it has no real meaning at all, we still have a foreign head of state, our flag has a foreign countries flag embedded in it, so really its just another day off.

[Harvy]

Speaking for the unenlightened masses, what does Australia Day represent. Is it similar to the USA independence day signifying our deceleration of independence from England? Or does it signify something altogether different?

I know I can just google it, but its ore interesting to hear it from the locals.

Bill...... a quote from the Australia Day Organisation ( http://www.australiaday.org.au/experience/page76.asp )


"The tradition of noticing 26 January began early in the nineteenth century with Sydney almanacs referring to First Landing Day or Foundation Day.  That was the day in 1788 Captain Arthur Phillip, commander of the First Fleet of eleven convict ships from Great Britain and the first governor of New South Wales, arrived at Sydney Cove. The raising of the Union Jack there symbolised British occupation of the eastern half of the continent claimed by Captain James Cook on 22 August in 1770"

In practice, its a day off work, and over the past few years is becoming more and more a day of patriotism (or is that nationalism?........) (particularly now that global communication is instantaneous and the younger generations are so much more switched on globally then I was as a youngster).

Harvy

[Kopfjaeger]

day off ... watch the cricket... and drink beer.... we have more public holidays than anywhere else... love the brisbane show day and ipswich show day... work at wacol you get both off...

[FJSpringy]

One big downside, as Australia day is a public holiday, the police and traffic authorities make it a "double demerit point" event, so if you get booked they take twice as many points off your drivers license.

Take this recent Australia day, because it fell on a Tuesday we did not get the Monday off to make it a long weekend but the Government decided that it was in fact sort of like a long weekend and instituted the double points system from midnight on the preceding Thursday and continued it through to midnight on the Tuesday (Australia day).

I would rather the cancel the whole concept and we can just "chuck a sickie" and have a day off of our own choosing 

[mz_rider]

One big downside, as Australia day is a public holiday, the police and traffic authorities make it a "double demerit point" event, so if you get booked they take twice as many points off your drivers license.

Take this recent Australia day, because it fell on a Tuesday we did not get the Monday off to make it a long weekend but the Government decided that it was in fact sort of like a long weekend and instituted the double points system from midnight on the preceding Thursday and continued it through to midnight on the Tuesday (Australia day).

I would rather the cancel the whole concept and we can just "chuck a sickie" and have a day off of our own choosing 

On the subject of the police check this out:

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/2010/01/28/motorist-receives-50-on-the-spot-fine-for-blowing-his-nose-in-car-86908-22000682/

Stuart (Glasgow, Scotland)

[Kopfjaeger]

but on the good point springy.... i was doin 180 down f3 at 6ish am and then spied the plods in blue car resplendant with disco lights.... so i slowed and sat behind them as they did 125 to 130 (follow speed , just the way they like to book us) in a 110 zone.... drifted over the single white line seperating the bicycle lane from the traffic lane not once but twice, late indication on most lane changes, wish i had a video camera, but then again i got to cruise at 130 with a police escort....