Monday, January 28, 2008

Croajingalongadingdong it's Australia Day weekend

G’day motherland and the rest of the world,

This weekend the colony of Australia celebrated its national day which they cleverly named “Australia Day”. It marks the date the pale faced wigged up gentry of Europe brought a bunch of bread stealers to settle in Sydney Cove. It seems the locals these days celebrate this with concerts, fireworks, barbecues and trips to the beach. You don’t have to go far to find the beach – just hit water and you are more than likely to find beautiful stretches of sand and clear blue seas.

I travelled perhaps further than some to the far south east corner of Victoria, East Gippsland around Croajingalong National Park which is, apart from a few dirt tracks and the odd town, pretty much the same as when Captain Cook first spotted this part of the world and sailed on up the east coast to Botany Bay. I could list a dozen meaningless place names but I think above all else, this is simply Australia.







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