25/01/2021
Ultimate ways to mark Australia Day in 2021
You can have an epic and COVID Safe Australia Day and these are a few ideas how!!!
(We know how much Aussie’s love summer and celebrating Australia Day, but staying COVID Safe and reducing the spread is a responsibility we all share.)
1.
Fire up the barbie
It’s cliched, but oh so good.
The only real question here is will you ‘go classic’ with Snags and onion, burgers with beetroot and pineapple, or go with the crowd pleasing prawns???
2.
Head to the beach!!
Go for a swim, surf or just a play on the sand just remember the weather supposed to turn to p**p this Arvo so get out early and enjoy it!
(Please remember to be safe around water abs swim between the flags on a patrolled beach)
3.
Get into a game of backyard cricket! 🏏
We found these official rules of backyard cricket here if you’re having an argument over the one hand one bounce rule 😉
https://www.australiaday.com.au/get-involved/official-rules-for-backyard-cricket/
4.
Watch official Australia Day events at home
They’re making it easy for you to enjoy Australia Day Live and WugulOra from your own home. So grab yourself a comfy, front row seat on your own couch and tune into ABC TV or iview.
5. Make it a ridgy-didge Australia Day
Brush up on your Aussie slang and, rang-a-dang-dingo, whoever uses the most true-blue phrases throughout the day wins.
Need help to improve your Aussie vocab? We have a comprehensive Aussie Slang Dictionary to give you a competitive edge.
http://www.australiatravelsearch.com.au/trc/slang.html
6.
Have an Aussie movie marathon
If you’re feeling the need to keep it low key, an Aussie movie binge-a-thon might be for you.
Our Aussie favs-
-Muriel’s Wedding
-Babe
-The Castle
-Mad Max
-Strictly Ballroom
-Crocodile Dundee
-Wolf Creek (well not actually a fav - I still get night mares 😳)
-Chopper
-Gallipoli
-Picnic at Hanging Rock
-The Dish
7.
Turn up the tunes
Even though triple J’s hottest 100 was on Saturday - crank up the radio with some classic lists
Or listen to this Aussie play list on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/user/jacob.spinks-au/playlist/3P3kHDsegSdBr5MNob4cbh?si=9SvQFhG0QBmrfnogN5F7lA
8. Play Aussie trivia!!!
If you’re not sick of trivia after all those lockdown zoom games here’s a great Aussie trivia game for ya 🙂
https://blog.yellowoctopus.com.au/funny-australian-trivia-questions-and-answers/
https://www.australiaday.com.au/fun-activities/play-aussie-trivia/
9.
Learn more about First Nation There are lots of ways to do learn about First Nations Australians, including:
learning the words to the national anthem in Eora language
taking the time to watch the WugulOra Morning Ceremony on ABC TV.
10.
Have a blast!!!
