Australia Day

What does Australia Day mean to you?

For many people it is another excuse to drink to get drunk... For Australia Day this year I went to watch a cricket match between York St CoC and Ballarat Family CoC. Which is turning into an anual event. It was a good match to watch with several spectators in attendance and it is better than just sitting around drinking somewhere.

In the evening I went upto the "Lake" Wendouree where they had fireworks for about 30 minutes from 9:30pm... Many people take their families upto see the fireworks.. I wouldn't want to take my kids up there due to the large number of people drinking up there including many teens. It is a sad reflection on society that so many people use alcohol in order to have "fun". I don't believe that it is a good environment to have children there when there is so much exposure to drinking, smoking and foul language.

Also on the news on the 25th the Prime Minister showed what many australians would assume. There was an asian guy who was going to receive an award, and Johnny boy asked him where "where was he born" as in country, but he was born in Adelaide... That assumption is what many people would make, and we are supposed to be a multicultural society accepting of all cultures. But in reality not everyone is accepted. What happened at the tennis recently also proved that point.