Australia Day

According to Wikipedia Australia Day is the official national day of Australia and commemorates the arrival of the first fleet in Sydney.  I take everything that's on Wikipedia with a grain of salt, but based on my Australia Day experience that seems about right.

Australia Day reminded me a lot of the 4th of July in the US.  While it's not their independence day, it was a day full of Australian pride and patriotism, and it's also in the middle of summer.  Of course it's a day off of work which is always nice, but it was great to be a part of another country's national day.

I wanted to have an 'authentic' of an Australia Day as possible, so I met up with my two Irish friends.... luckily we have some Aussie friends as well, so we spent the day in a park in Balmain, had a bbq, and soaked up the Australian summer sunshine.

I thought this was the coolest thing ever

The Aussie gang

I was even able to try a traditional Aussie treat - lammington.  I have no idea if that's how you spell it.   It's basically sponge cake covered and chocolate and coconut.  Quite tasty actually.

The flags are a nice touch, right?!

Yet another glorious day in Sydney.  And at this point it's the end of January so my time in Oz is quickly coming to an end and my mom is coming to visit soon!  I can't believe I've actually made it this far.