A question for other Aussies out there.

[Vault101]

Welcome to the club Vault. Not much to do in Perth.
I'll be doing the same thing...

I recommend the Rekorderlig brand cider. Sure it may be 7.50 for one bottle but it is worth it!
Strawberry and Lime is my favorite...
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daaaam

I like those strongbow fruity flavours....or somersby

 

[StormShaun]

daaaam

I like those strongbow fruity flavours....or somersby

Hmm, I must try these two brands and compare them to the rest!
Good thing I live a small and very short way from a pub/bottle shop.

I'm okay with apple cider since I drink Little Creatures Pip-squeak, 5 Seed and such.
But I just can't shake that the weird other fruity flavors are... nice.

It's just weird. :/

Well I think this is enough talk about cider before I leave to get some. XD

EDIT: I still find it funny how we are celebrating the day where the english first came here and dropped off their prisoners like dirty laundry.

 

[Bernzz]

I'll probably be on my own..drinking cider and watching the fireworks from my window

No problem mate, as I just said Rekorderlig... it's a nice brand but pretty expensive.

We are a club now. We should have t-shirts. Do we have t-shirts? Whose in charge of t-shirts?

Also, don't think I've heard of Rekorderlig. Usually more of a simple Strongbow guy, me.

 

[Thaluikhain]

EDIT: I still find it funny how we are celebrating the day where the english first came here and dropped off their prisoners like dirty laundry.

While it wasn't a bad idea to create the nation of Australia on the first day of the 20th century, it means you can't have that day to celebrate anything other than New Year's Day.

Apart from that...well, you have ANZAC day, but IMHO, that should be a solemn remembrance, not a celebration.

 

[StormShaun]

While it wasn't a bad idea to create the nation of Australia on the first day of the 20th century, it means you can't have that day to celebrate anything other than New Year's Day.

Apart from that...well, you have ANZAC day, but IMHO, that should be a solemn remembrance, not a celebration.

I do like having a holiday.
And what I said was an insult to myself since I was born in England.

I feel more Australian though.

We are a club now. We should have t-shirts. Do we have t-shirts? Whose in charge of t-shirts?

Also, don't think I've heard of Rekorderlig. Usually more of a simple Strongbow guy, me.

I doubt we would have t-shirts since we're part of the "going home" club.
A t-shirt would be nice though... *Rambles to self about elective and positions in clubs*

Yeah I'm usually a person who goes for the weird stuff... it's nice... made from Swedish spring water.
Well that's what I think anyway.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

I'm going to get the MOST AUSTRALIAN TATTOO EVER...

Dawn Fraser and Don Bradman having sex in the back of a ute with Albert Namatjira standing to the side painting it, in the background is Uluru and the Southern Cross. Sitting on the top of the ute will be a koala and a wallabie having a smoke and drinking beers while the front of the ute is covered in splattered kangaroo and emu. The ute will be a Kingswood 1 tonner.

 

[ShinyCharizard]

A mate of mine is having his 21st birthday party on Australia Day so I'll be going to that.

 

[ShinyCharizard]

I'm going to get the MOST AUSTRALIAN TATTOO EVER...

Dawn Fraser and Don Bradman having sex in the back of a ute with Albert Namatjira standing to the side painting it, in the background is Uluru and the Southern Cross. Sitting on the top of the ute will be a koala and a wallabie having a smoke and drinking beers while the front of the ute is covered in splattered kangaroo and emu. The ute will be a Kingswood 1 tonner.

Nah, nah. All you need to do is get the southern cross tattooed on your chest.

 

[VanQ]

I'll be hanging with some friends drinking beer while playing poker with some TV going in the background for BGM. When we get sick of cards we'll probably play some drunken TF2. We might throw in some Magic: The Gathering if we have enough time too, it depends how early my mates all show up at my place.

Overall should be a great weekend.

I'm going to get the MOST AUSTRALIAN TATTOO EVER...

Dawn Fraser and Don Bradman having sex in the back of a ute with Albert Namatjira standing to the side painting it, in the background is Uluru and the Southern Cross. Sitting on the top of the ute will be a koala and a wallabie having a smoke and drinking beers while the front of the ute is covered in splattered kangaroo and emu. The ute will be a Kingswood 1 tonner.

That's nowhere near as Australian as getting Saxton Hale punching a bald eagle while kicking over Big Ben would be.

 

[the clockmaker]

EDIT: I still find it funny how we are celebrating the day where the english first came here and dropped off their prisoners like dirty laundry.

While it wasn't a bad idea to create the nation of Australia on the first day of the 20th century, it means you can't have that day to celebrate anything other than New Year's Day.

Apart from that...well, you have ANZAC day, but IMHO, that should be a solemn remembrance, not a celebration.

I'm kind of biased in how I conduct ANZAC day, but for me it is suit up for the dawn service (unless you are on one of the ceremonial/support duties) and conduct myself in a solemn manner until 1100, at which point we move as a mob to the RSL and play two up as we take turns buying rounds for your mates. The other big rule being if you see an old bloke with a chest full of ribbon, you shout him one. The day then proceeds as you slowly drink yourself into oblivion and wake up (hopefully back on base) the next morning with a hangover that would put god himself off drinking. Then, go to work and carry on as usual.

 

[ten.to.ten]

I'm going to get the MOST AUSTRALIAN TATTOO EVER...

Dawn Fraser and Don Bradman having sex in the back of a ute with Albert Namatjira standing to the side painting it, in the background is Uluru and the Southern Cross. Sitting on the top of the ute will be a koala and a wallabie having a smoke and drinking beers while the front of the ute is covered in splattered kangaroo and emu. The ute will be a Kingswood 1 tonner.

No no, you can do better. You're missing:

- Malcolm Fraser Easter Island statues.
- The Wallabies bashing Lebs under the instruction/coaching of Alan Jones.
- Philip Ruddock riding a bomb Dr. Strangelove style above Christmas Island.
- Bob Katter in an Elvis jumpsuit shuffling backwards from Bourke.
- Dr. Philip Nitschke putting the Labor Party out of its misery.

There's probably a lot more, too. I'm disappointed in myself that I can't think of anything special for Howard or Abbott.

I'm kind of biased in how I conduct ANZAC day, but for me it is suit up for the dawn service (unless you are on one of the ceremonial/support duties) and conduct myself in a solemn manner until 1100, at which point we move as a mob to the RSL and play two up as we take turns buying rounds for your mates. The other big rule being if you see an old bloke with a chest full of ribbon, you shout him one. The day then proceeds as you slowly drink yourself into oblivion and wake up (hopefully back on base) the next morning with a hangover that would put god himself off drinking. Then, go to work and carry on as usual.

This is exactly why I think ANZAC Day is bullshit and refuse to participate. And I'm the disrespectful one.

 

[prophecy2514]

With Australia day coming up this weekend I am interested in how my fellow Aussies will be spending the day. I will be spending the day with some good mates playing beer pong and listening to the triple j hottest 100. Anyone else going to be spending the day in a similar fashion? Perhaps you have your own tradition?

Not sure how many other Aussies are on this forum but it would be fun to know how other people celebrate our national holiday so feel free to post about it.

This is exactly my Australia day for the past three years, with added bbq, moon buckets and drinking games revolving around the triple j 100 list. Straya ****!

 

[BathorysGraveland]

Ehh, I don't celebrate it. I'm not exactly proud of our country, so. I'll just be doing usual shit, nothing out of the ordinary.

 

[the clockmaker]

This is exactly why I think ANZAC Day is bullshit and refuse to participate. And I'm the disrespectful one.

The funeral/wake dynamic works very well thank you very much. We remember our predecessors who gave up their lives and then live the lives that most of them wanted to.

Although of course, the racist elements who come out can fuck off and the turds who mess up ANZAC cove and leave it for the turks to clean up can go die in a fire.

 

[the clockmaker]

Not sure how many other Aussies are on this forum

Quite a few it would seem.

And no, I'm not one of them. I live in that little country to the east.

Quick question, something I always like to ask our Kiwi cousins,
How would you feel about a unified commonwealth of Aus/NZ, because there are rumblings about it every once in a while.
Personally, I would be in favor.
Hmmm..... this might make a good thread.

Capatcha:take umbrage
Shut up capatcha, no one asked you.

 

[Creator002]

I'll probably just do what I usually do during the day. Play video games, talk to my friends. Only difference is we might have a barbie for dinner.

 

[The Eupho Guy_v1legacy]

I'll be working, so same as I always do - Work 9 hours, go home, eat, play some games then go to bed.

 

[octafish]

I'm working from 6.00am to 1.00pm. After work I'll go home and play with the kids, in the evening one of our neighbours, the Patels, are having a combined Australia Day/Republic Day BBQ...I'm really hoping Mrs Patel is making some of her Tandoori style chicken.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

I'm going to get the MOST AUSTRALIAN TATTOO EVER...

Dawn Fraser and Don Bradman having sex in the back of a ute with Albert Namatjira standing to the side painting it, in the background is Uluru and the Southern Cross. Sitting on the top of the ute will be a koala and a wallabie having a smoke and drinking beers while the front of the ute is covered in splattered kangaroo and emu. The ute will be a Kingswood 1 tonner.

That's nowhere near as Australian as getting Saxton Hale punching a bald eagle while kicking over Big Ben would be.

Pfffft. I said Most Australian not Pathetic Valve Fanboy.