G’day Beach Cottage lovelies.
Well, it’s my favourite day of the year.
HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY!
…this is why I heart you Australia…
Australians all let us rejoice,
for we are young and free
We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil;
Our home is girt by sea;
Our land abounds in nature’s gifts
Of beauty rich and rare;
In history’s page, let every stage
Advance Australia Fair.
Beneath our radiant Southern Cross
We’ll toil with hearts and hands;
To make this Commonwealth of ours
Renowned of all the lands;
For those who’ve come across the seas
We’ve boundless plains to share;
With courage let us all combine
To Advance Australia Fair.
In joyful strains then let us sing,
Advance Australia Fair.
love from the Lucky Country
from one very proud new Australian
Sarah
yep, had NO idea of the second verse and I’v been Australian all my life! haha
Great pictures… just proving once again how lucky we are to live by the sea… but you know what? I’m really looking forward to your take on the red centre, our outback because it’s such an extreme from the seaside. But equally amazing.
Happy Australia Day to you too my dear XX
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I can’t WAIT to go out to the proper outback…planning a trip to a station!!!!
Happy Australia Day lovely, have one for me
xo
Happy Australia Day Ladies!
Looking forwards to hearing about the outback too, ive been looking at cattle droving holidays, would love to ride in the outback and camp under the stars x
oh just what I am looking at Fleur…bring it on…xxx
Happy Australia Day lovely lady xo
Hi Susan
there are actually quite a few verses in the original song, officially we only sing two, the first verse and a special third verse that was first sung at Federation. Go here for some more info and all the verses
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_Australia_Fair
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great post. Your photos are amazing.
Have the best Australia Day!
Smiles, Alannah
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thanks Alannah x
Enjoy your day and make a few more happy Australian memories to take into the future!
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thanks Julienne!
Happy Australia Day Sarah.
Photos are gorgeous, we are so lucky arent we to live in such a beautiful country.
We went for a gorgeous walk thru the bush to a rugged part of our coastline this morning – where waves crashed against the rocky, sandy, shell filled, pristine beach. We found a ton of beach glass and other treasures and did not see another soul. What an amazing way to celebrate Australia Day was my thought!
best wishes to you and your family xx
oh yes! it’s one amazing land, I I haven’t even seen the half of it yet..xo
Lovely and ….
Why would we ever want to change it to “Inernational Day”
hmmmmm, I have no idea!
Happy Australia Day! The thing I loved about Australia Day when I was growing up is that it always helped me remember when my parents’ birthdays were – my father’s birthday is on January 25; my mother’s on January 27, with Australia Day sandwiched in between.
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wow sandwiched between Australia day! busy in your house then…x
Happy Australia Day Sarah! Lots to be proud of in oz! xo K
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right back at ya Kirsty xo
Wow, your pictures are lovely.
Happy Australia Day to you all
cheers Sharon xxxx
Truly magnificent. I would never leave!
I won’t be Jen
Thanks for a very patriotic post Sarah….
You are now a first generation (embracing) AUSSIE….which is just sooo good to read…
I am a 5th gen AUSSIE…(my 2 boys 6th gen …DOH??~~)..
SO WE LOVE LOVE THIS COUNTRY BEYOND BELIEF….
Another GORGEOUS BEAUTIFUL day in Melbourne…
Flags flying galore…
LOVE LOVE TO AUSSIE LAND…xx andrea
I sure am!
Happy Australia Day Andrea. xo
What a beautiful post Sarah. Its republic day in India today but i really cannot share the same happy feelings. I am proud of what the country was and still is, but I am equally disgraced by the people and the way things work here. Its time I crossed shores you know. I feel something is missing here.
Love to the aussies and to the free spirits
Enjoy your day. Happy aussie day.
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Come to Aus!
x
Ahh, thanks for that! I had to learn that and sing it every week with my students in their assemblies during my teaching prac. It brings back very fond memories.
I’d like to do a little celebration with my girls in honour of Australia Day tomorrow (it’s still the 25th here) but can’t decide what to do. We might make ANZAC biscuits…
Happy Australia Day!!
Happy Australia Day Julie, enjoy those biscuits!
Amazing photos. They really capture the LIGHT, which is what I most love about our country
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sigh I love the light of this lucky land…and of course the colours!
x
Hee…hee… I see the second verse isn’t mentioned… just like a true Australian lol (or so I am told – I didn’t even know)… I remember having to sing this(first verse only if memory serves me right) at school every morning assembly…Lovely pictures as usual Sarah.. Have a good one!
sorry I didn’t fiished the sentence that I didn’t even know the second verse existed until I started uni!)
happy Australia Day Alice
Great pics, we really are so lucky – thanks for the Australia love
puts some Aussies to shame. Today we are celebrating my Hubbies 20th Anniversary of becoming an Aussie – Happy Australia day to the Beach Cottage crew!
Happy Anniversary to you guys! he’s about 19 years ahead of me lol!
Enjoy x
It sure is a great place to be!
We just have to hope that Political decisions don’t ruin it. Sometimes I think that because it is so good they think we can all do it a bit tougher, like we’ve got it too good, instead of making it all so much better.
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hmmm I hope this country just gets better Jodie…
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Happy Australia Day!
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thanks Kelly , same to you! x
Beautiful photos, Sarah. Happy Australia Day! x
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thanks Tina, same to you, enjoy the rest of your Australia Day…we are having a bbq xo
Wow Sarah! Happy Australia Day to you and the beach cottage crew. Thank you for the beautiful photos…how lucky are we to live in such a beautiful country!
yep, it’s on days like today I count my lucky stars Mary
Happy Australia Day x
Great post Sarah, Happy Australia Day to you too! We live on the sunny (although currently waterlogged!) Gold Coast, and spent Australia Day at a barbie, eating prawns and having a few drinks with mates – what could be more patriotic?
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sounds good to me Kristin! doing the same
Lovely pix and so jealous! My son has been enjoying Australia Day in Cottlesloe, Perth – I dread to think what state he’ll be in!
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G’day mate! I’ve got a bloody lump in my throat…lovely photos….lovely anthem. You are one lucky Aussie girl…lots of Brits here don’t know what they’re are missing….poor sods! Robx
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Love the pics. So Australian. I’m glad the rain held off here in Brisbane for a while so we can celebrate.
Happy Australia Day! We had a lovely afternoon at a community BBQ!
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Happy Australia Day Deanne for y’day, I hope you enjoyed it….x
I have a nephew who is a young lifesaver. They are such icons of a lifestyle now. You’ve just got to love ‘em, don’t you?!
happy Aussie day!! If you want to decorate your cake, i made printables;-) http://Fun.kyti.me/index.php/2011/01/australia-day/
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Happy Australia Day! If I wasn’t the wiser I would think that you took these pictures in my backyard! Well maybe the lifeguards are a little different but other then that same same. It is so lovely that you are all so patriotic, I do believe that it makes a country so much stronger. Love that! Enjoy and aloha!
what beautiful pictures!! just heavenly! Happy Australia Day!
Hi Sarah! What a lovely post – shared on our Facebook page for Australia Day.
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Your photo’s really make me yearn for the ocean. I could seriously use a sea side vacation!
Lovely thoughts and beautiful photos. I am so proud of this beautiful country.
Peter Dodds McCormick, who composed Advance Australia Fair, is a distant cousin of mine and buried at Rookwood cemetery in Sydney. I still remember singing as a school kid the original words “Australian men let us rejoice for we are young and free”.
alison
oh wow thanks Alison, I didn’t realise it was ‘Australian me’….very interesting x
A quick question…why do you always wear a scarf tied around your neck? You’re at the beach ffs!
thanks for your question
I always wear a scarf because I have a wrinkly old ladies neck, I am really 79 years old (shhhh don’t tell anyone on my blog) but I have had lots of surgery everywhere but my neck, so I just add a scarf to cover it up…simple!
and my neck is always soooooooooo chilly… so I kill two birds with one stone – cover up the wrinkles & keep warm
remember my little trick, heehee it’s such a good one
xo
Glad you had such a happy day! Great photos!!
I just discovered your blog. Amazing. I just adore your house! You’ve done great things with your place. I am inspired! Thank you for sharing!
thanks so much for stopping by Mary!