Aussie Day.

There are so many wonderful things about living in Australia and being Australian. Yeah, we go a little nuts when someone like Oprah visits, but I like to think that our excitable nature is endearing – she certainly seemed to love us back!

I love that we’re so honest, our national day is simply called ‘Australia Day’, it’s like ‘Us Day’. There isn’t a big story about why we commemorate this day, just that we know how good we’ve got it and we take a day to celebrate this. (And I love that we’ve timed it for the middle of summer, but a nice distance from New Year’s.)

I’m not doing anything particularly special today for Australia Day, which I do feel a little bit guilty about. Friends were going to throw a BBQ but that fell through for some reason. Instead I’m sitting at home, researching outdoor sheds online with the radio blaring the Triple J Hottest 100 – so I am indulging in an Australian tradition of sorts.

I didn’t vote in this year’s countdown. I used to be a dedicated Triple J listener in my younger years, but there was a time when I felt that it all got a little heavy and depressing and I strayed over to commercial radio. In the last few years though I have found myself drifting back more and more, and today the tunes feel really great. In fact, I think I’ll be playing my Hottest 100 CDs over the next few days I’m enjoying it that much.

Oh my goodness the sky is so blue here, the sun is out! If I was a little firmer and not so fair this weather would definitely motivate me to hit the beach!

I hope that everyone well, and that Aussies especially are enjoying our special day in their own way.

Source: ‘Beach Crew’ shot Australia Day 2010 at Curl Curl, available from Aquabumps.