Australia Day

Officially, Australia Day was January, 26th so I apologize for the delay in this post. It is a public holiday, similar to the American 4th of July. Australia Day, in early Australian history, used to commemorate the landing of Captain Arthur Phillip at the present-day Jackson Port in Sydney. By doing so, Capt. Phillip claimed the new land for the British Empire. "Though it has often been criticised, it remains the most inclusive celebration of a national day in Australia, expressing the national diversity which has become such an important part of the Australian national character. Australia Day today celebrates diversity and tolerance in Australian society. Whereas once it celebrated the staunchly British nature of Australian society (or was disparaged for this approach), it now embraces multicultural Australia, including all ethnic backgrounds, racial differences and political viewpoints." http://www.australiaday.com.au
It is a big holiday, with picnics, drinking and an airplane acrobatics.
We celebrated the day by visiting The Shrine of Remembrance. The Shrine is a memorial built to honor fallen Victorian soldiers from WWI. It was completed in 1934. That is also where we saw the plane flying through the city.

I think this pic might prove that Aussies love Australia more than Americans love the US. I have never seen burgers shaped like MI or CO or the USA.

We enjoyed some of these bad boys. We added cheese, but I put a tomato sauce (ketchup) spot where Melbourne is located.