The Beach on a Certain Bank Holiday - 38°28'13"S 145°01'37" E

Celebrations are afoot here, although there is a bit of controversy around it.

One of the many things that makes Australia great

Two hundred and thirty-eight years ago, the First Fleet came ashore at Sydney Cove, Port Jackson and ended up establishing Australia as a country.  As there was already a native people here, it was an invasion and a fair bit of violence ensued. The fact that the invaders decided to rename the land Australia and took to celebrating the new culture that arose from the initial clash on THE ANNIVERSARY of the first landing does ruffle the feathers of the descendants of those involved.

It might be more sensitive to move the date of the celebration to another date, but I'll leave that to the resident population to work out.  There seems to be lots of flags and other symbols of happiness and gratitude about being connected to this sunburnt country, so I'm just going to run with "standard operating procedure until notified otherwise" and tip my hat to all of you for creating and maintaining such a wonderful little continent.

Happy (being) Australia Day ... no matter if you are born and raised here or just an admirer.