Today I celebrated my first Australia Day as an Aussie…. and I felt immensely proud to raise up the Australian flag (ok – it was a cheap hand-held one from the Dollar Tree… and it was actually attached to my esky – not raised up high on a pole) BUT the point is, I felt pretty darn ‘true blue’ as I knocked back the amber nectar with my nearest and dearest on the beach.
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Happy Australia Day!!
January 26, 2010 in blog, Living In Australia by Vicky Gray | No comments
Tags: amber nectar, Australia Day, beach cricket, esky, sausage sizzle, thongs, true blue
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