How Much Longer Will Australia Day Last?

It is almost 4 years exactly that we came over here to Australia. We arrived here just before Australia Day 2020. Of course that dopey scamdemic took over the news (including this blog) shortly after. But I remember being very taken aback by the “celebrations” – or to be more exact the lack of genuinely patriotic celebrations.

Right now we have the biggest (or at least one of the top 2) supermarket in Australia – Woolworths – saying they will not be selling Australia Day merchandise this year. I will be shopping at the other big supermarket from now on. But then it is only a matter of time before they too

It was painfully obvious to me right off the bat that there was something going on in the psyche over here; almost an embarrassment to be seen celebrating Australia Day. The media – obviously – are awful for this. Falling over themselves to try and make it all about every Australian even when they know that some do not like it.

But it goes a lot deeper. Official celebrations such as they are (many have ceased to be in recent years – by order of the council/state politicians), are thin on the ground. They are also interspersed with apologetic talk etc…

Why? FFS WHY?

They already have an official “apology day”, even a whole week of it in fact. What the hell is going on?

Of course that is a rhetorical question. I know and we all know. The powers that be would love nothing more than to stop Australia Day altogether. I expect it to happen within the next few years.

It is not even about the date. Aboriginal rights campaigners and their supporters have talked about that particular date being too significant. They refer to it as ‘Invasion Day’ in fact. But you can bet if every other Australian agreed to change the date but still celebrate it as “Australia Day” they would come up with some other garbage. You can never appease such people especially by caving in to their demands.

It pissed me off within a week of arriving in the country (click here for my first post on the matter) and it has just gotten worse.

If it was up to me I would give away free beer/wine vouchers to every adult of drinking age in the country. Only to be “spent” (redeemed) on Australia Day in bars and booze sellers. Encourage celebrating the day. Not the opposite. The governments (both state and federal) wasted so much money during that covid crap I am sure giving out free beers once a year would be a drop in the ocean.

Come on you Aussies! Get out there and celebrate this Australia Day and make it the best ever. With or without free beer handouts. Stick up a big metaphorical two fingers to those that want to stop the day.

Right. I feel better for that hahaa… Now I have got that one off my chest I can concentrate on writing some posts about our recent trips…