Here is your definitive list of Australia Day must-dos. Any one of these makes you a thoughtful Aussie. Do all 22 and you’ll end up with an Order of Australia.
Here we go …
- Start the day with Vegemite on damper and Weet Bix;
- Wear eucalypt silvery-green and deep gold clothing. Make an effort with the hues. Lime-green and canary yellow just won’t cut it;
- Fly a large Australian flag at home so your neighbours can see it. Bonus points for a huge flag flown proudly atop a permanent flagpole in your front yard;
Host an Australia Day BBQ at your place;
Decorate your entire house with dozens of miniature Blue Ensigns;
Give someone you love a bouquet of native flowers;
Sizzle all-Aussie beef steaks and burgers with a native bush tomato and mountain pepper berry rub;
Serve burgers with beetroot and an oversized Queensland pineapple ring. Bonus points for onion and a BBQ poached egg;
Make an Australian dessert like pavlova, lamingtons, Iced Vovo tart, vanilla slice or fairy bread;
Recite Mackellar’s My Country aloud before the family. Bonus points for Banjo Paterson’s The Geebung Polo Club done with rhythm and build-up;
Play a hotly-contested, raucous game of backyard cricket. Bonus points for loud, speculative appealing and protestations when turned down;
Do anything at the beach. Absolutely anything!
Tweet your unreserved appreciation and love for Australia;
Recite the Oath of Allegiance even as a lifelong citizen;
Share with family and friends what you love about Australia;
Play Slim Dusty, Midnight Oil or Percy Grainger, as your taste dictates. Just make sure the music is Australian;
Self-consciously use old Australian dialect words. Bonus points for,
“You’re bonzer, cobber. It’s the Pom who’s gone troppo, a fair dinkum drongo. What a galah!”
Fly the flag from your car and drive around your neighbourhood;
Photograph a beautiful Australian scene and share on social media;
Sing loudly and without any hint of self-consciousness any of the following: I Am Australian, I Still Call Australia Home, Waltzing Matilda or Advance Australia Fair. Bonus points for leading a group to sing all of them with you;
Debate who is Australia’s greatest author; and
Prepare and deliver a short summary of the life and adventures of an Australian explorer.
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An entrepreneur who has employed 1,470+ people, Kenelm was admitted to the BRW Fast 100 three times with businesses in Australia, NZ, Singapore and New York, where he lived for 12 years. Kenelm’s investment firm performs mid-market leveraged roll-ups. He was a regular columnist for the Australian Financial Review. Kenelm is the Founder of Liberty Itch.
