Happy Australia Day!

Published on January 25, 2011 By DrJBHL In Personal Computing

To an absolutely wonderful bunch of people without whom this site would not be what it is:

“Home” away from home to us all.

Today, 1/26/11 is being celebrated throughout Australia in commemoration of the landing of the first fleet in what is now Sydney Harbor (then Sydney Cove) not far from the base of the Sydney Harbor Bridge in 1788. starting a great endeavor which goes on to this day….

As an American, and a descendent of those who arrived here by boat from England (and Russia) I feel a definite affinity to that group of people who arrived in Australia from oppression to a far more promising, though difficult life. It might be more than an affinity as I share a clan (and geographic origin in Annan, Scotland) in common with Major George Johnston.

So, as one ex-colonial to a whole bunch of others, I say,

Hoist a pint, “G’day mate!” and….

Please join me in wishing our wonderful Ozzie family “Happy Australia Day”!

Love to you all!

Doc

Comments (Page 3)

mrs_starkers

on Jan 26, 2011

starkers and I are having a relaxing time watching the cricket on t.v with the air con on as its 87.8f man its hot thank god for air cons and pepsi and shandy for the old boy

Vampothika

on Jan 26, 2011

just got back from redcliffe had fish and chips by the beach and a coke of course.......love being an aussie xxxx

sydneysiders

on Jan 26, 2011

just got back from redcliffe had fish and chips by the beach and a coke of course.......

you didn't take ya lappy....

Khardis

on Jan 26, 2011

This time of year, it's good to be an australian. I know that, not because I'm there, but because I'm in bloody cold Oslo, and it's gotta be better than here. Still, I'll hoist a pint o'the good stuff for you aussies.

captainmoonlight

on Jan 26, 2011

thank you for the post. DOC I left the uk in the year of 66 ,just after the coldest winter I can remember, fuzzy mite remember when the North sea froze over .AT the age of 16 years ,I came to AUSTRALIA. By myself . And had to get, special permission in writing from my parent to go and.I left in march 66 landed here on may the 26 of 66 I had too do two years in, Victoria be for I could leave and ,I loved it here and on the 26 of Jan 1968 i be came an Aussie

mrs_starkers

on Jan 26, 2011

I left the uk in the year of 66

wow a year after I was born

captainmoonlight

on Jan 26, 2011

happy AUSTRALIA DAY MRS -STARKERS & MR TOO.

DrJBHL

on Jan 26, 2011

Captinmoonlight and Khardis.... you're now part of the "Oz Day Wall". Hope it was a great day for you!

captainmoonlight

on Jan 26, 2011

Captinmoonlight and Khardis.... you're now part of the "Oz Day Wall". Hope it was a great day for you!

THANKS DOC HAD A GREAT DAY WENT TO A PLACE CALLED HANGING ROCK with the family for a BBQ. They have horses racing there but not today they canceled it because of the kangaroo`s to many on the course to run the races ,so we had BBQ with the roo`s instead. Good fun though.

Uvah

on Jan 26, 2011

Found this at wallbase.net

Type in Australia in the search pane. Some stunning walls there.

mrs_starkers

on Jan 26, 2011

Type in Australia in the search pane. Some stunning walls there.

that's so cool

happy AUSTRALIA DAY MRS -STARKERS & MR TOO

and same to you

harpo99999

on Jan 26, 2011

I had enjoyed and a two hour blackout in the hottest part of the day, BUT the beers did help me to survive the 40 c on the coast(a bit hotter that it usually gets here on the coast more typically in summer it only hits 30-35 c as peak temps, and just incase people think that I do not know what high temps are, where I was born (in australia)the typical summer (november to end of feb) temps were 40-50 c and that was on top of the great divide range, and the only parts of the state that got any hotter were the western plains which were only 1 or 2 degrees hotter( and this was BEFORE airconditioners became affordable (1960's & 70's) so we just had to sweat it out and if we were very lucky we would take a hour long drive to the nearest swimming hole for a picnic and swim in one of the few larger creeks that still had water in it in the region

harpo

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