Happy Australia day 2025

[mrsmackpaul]

Happy Australia day to to the greatest country on earth 

 

[other dog]

Happy Australia day to you!

[Adkat]

Happy Australia day mate. Hoping you have a good one 🍻🍻🍻

[Joey Mack]

Hey guys,  im clueless, but i see it means a lot.  Im gonna tey to study on it in a minute.. Hope you guys are enjoying yourselves..  Jojo

[Joey Mack]

Hey guys,  im clueless, but i see it means a lot.  Are you celebrating with joy, or are you in mourning . I dont know what the Brittish land grab is about.  So is this your independence day ? Forgive me if im ignorant..

[mrsmackpaul]

Joey it is the day the first fleet pulled up at Sydney cove to build this place we now call Australia 

And independence day for Australia was January 1st 1901

Paul

[Joey Mack]

Ok . The Brittish i assume?

[mrsmackpaul]

Joey your correct, we were predominantly from British stock 

I have half Scottish and half Welsh blood in me, the Princess is mainly English blood

My family came out here 200 years ago last yearbaa free settlers, Australia had only been settled 36 years when my ancestors arrived 

We were British subjects for the best part of the first 200 years of settlement 

In 1901 we become independent 

1948 the Nationality Citizenship act came it been 

And it took until 1984 for us to be no longer British subjects of any kind 

A lot of things had to change for that to happen and they slowly did change 

 

Paul

[mrsmackpaul]

[other dog]

I always wanted to visit Australia, until I learned that every single bird, insect, mammal, and reptile wanted to kill me.

[Joey Mack]

So Paul, are you telling me that Australia as is named was named in 1948 ?

[mrsmackpaul]

No mate, that was when we no longer were British subjects, or the change from British subjects to Australian citizens began 

As British subjects we were pretty much a self governing country from 1901 and did what we wanted

As far as I know, the first war we fought under the Australian flag was the Vietnam war

Up until then it was the Union Jack

But Joey to answer your question, 1824 the continent became known officially as Australia 

Paul

[mrsmackpaul]

28 minutes ago, other dog said:

I always wanted to visit Australia, until I learned that every single bird, insect, mammal, and reptile wanted to kill me.

Even the woman get a bit wild at time and given half a chance would love to kill us, maybe ?

[Joseph Cummings]

 

[Adkat]

13 minutes ago, mrsmackpaul said:

Even the woman get a bit wild at time and given half a chance would love to kill us, maybe ?

I can vouch for that! 🤣🤣

[Joey Mack]

Were Men are Men,,,,,, and so are the Women......  💪

[Joey Mack]

Do you celebrate with fireworks 🎆 🎇 like us ?  Im quite sure theres beer involved..

[mrsmackpaul]

15 minutes ago, Adkat said:

I can vouch for that! 🤣🤣

But they know how to drink

 

[mrsmackpaul]

4 minutes ago, Joey Mack said:

Do you celebrate with fireworks 🎆 🎇 like us ?  Im quite sure theres beer involved..

Joey fireworks are pretty much banned in most places in Australia now 

 

Yet no one really cares to much and any excuse for some fireworks legal or not is welcomed by most 

 

Paul

[Joey Mack]

Ok.  Well I wish you well in your celebration 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉 

[Brocky]

1 hour ago, other dog said:

I always wanted to visit Australia, until I learned that every single bird, insect, mammal, and reptile wanted to kill me.

Tommy, I survived two weeks Down Under and came home to tell about it!!!

I enjoyed that programmed tour very much!! I wanted to go back for a self guided, rental car, motels and pubs trip, but could never swing it.  ATHS past president's John Vanatta's daughter Stephanie is the travel agent who built the ATHS Down Under Tour. She did an excellent job of combining regular tourist sites with the Aussie National show of antique trucks (over1000), and 2 attached museums in Alice Springs, and her father's connections in the antique truck world so that we not only did their National show but also several private collections including Tony Champion's MACK museum. 

[Brocky]

JC:  The song Waltzing Matilda is the unofficial Australian national anthem. It was written c1895 by a poet Peterson as a protest song in the sheep shearer's strike. A full translation is on Wikeapedia. Here is the famous Slim Dusty performing it at the closing ceremonies if the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.

 

 

Edited 21 hours ago by Brocky

[cruiseliner64]

Happy Australia day Paul.Cold beer a BBQ and Fireworks (banned or not)are the order of the day im sure...Iv some family out there.The wifes brother and his wife are in Darwin,a nephew in Melbourne,2 nephews and two nieces in Sidney and a nephew in Perth...should really visit someday.

Paul

[Brocky]

Paul (Cruiseliner): Start Saving Your Penny's!!!!!!! To do Australia right you will need at least a month.. There are many truck shows and museums as well as all the historical and tourist places. MrsMack should be able to help you find a lot of these.

Edited 21 hours ago by Brocky

[cruiseliner64]

21 minutes ago, Brocky said:

Paul (Cruiseliner): Start Saving Your Penny's!!!!!!! To do Australia right you will need at least a month.. There are many truck shows and museums as well as all the historical and tourist places. MrsMack should be able to help you find a lot of these.

Yeah we looked at doing it sometime but I could buy another Cruiseliner for less than it'd cost to go there.....still might do it when I retire in 5 years time.....

Paul