Australia Day

The French have Bastille day, the American's have the 4th of July, the British have... erm... Tea Time? The Aussies have the aptly named.... wait for it.... waiiiiit for ittttt.... AUSTRALIA DAY! What the Australian lack in originality in naming their national day, they make up for in how they spend this day.

As with any day for me, special or not, it naturally starts with the obligatory and somewhat religious bike ride. But after that it was all about Australia Day. Now I have no idea what Australia day is all about in historic terms, but I do know what it's about in this modern era. It's about doing this Aussie! What are Aussie things? BarBQs (even though that is a French word), beer, surfing, going to the beach and of course the national sport... no, it's NOT cricket as most people may think! The national sport is actually driving around drunk in a car, breaking glass bottles on the floor.

Seriously though, Aussie Day is just a great excuse to get together, have a drink, eat a load of food and have a good time.

BBQ Man Shep, something of a loner at time. Shep burned the potatoes and was sent to sit by himself at another table... :-)

After a nice morning ride, we had us a big old BarBQ courtesy of Craig, followed by a quick run into town for a beer with a few cycling friends.

Great stuff!