Australia Day!

Yesterday, January 26, was Australia Day (you know like July 1st ~ Canada Day). So we got up bright and early and headed down to the Emerald Botanical Gardens for a local celebration. As soon as we got there we enjoyed a 'free' Aussie breakfast of bread, bacon, snag (sausage) and baked beans. Then we watched the ceremonies take place ~ citizenship ceremony, singing of the national anthem, awards given out to Emerald citizens and of course a birthday lamington cake.

Michelle spent a lot of time helping out with the face painting (as the Council was putting on the event). And so I got a chance to help out as well, so that was fun! We all stayed around to see the famous 'lolly drop'. They have a helicopter fly over the gardens and drop bags of candy...I thought that was pretty exciting! Here is a picture of the helicopter and you can just see the little bags falling.