Canada Day 2009

Hello again. We have now been in Canada for just over 6 months and this edition is about Canada Day which was 1 July and is also the birthday of my Corps, the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps which celebrated its 106th birthday on the same day. Canada is a bit older and is now 143 years of age.


However, back to Canada Day. The weather leading up to the day had consisted of lots of rain but on the day even though the skies looked threatening it remained dry. We raised the Canadian Flag which if you have good eyesight you will see flying in the wind.


There were many activities organised through out the country and the city of Fredericton provided lots of entertainment for its citizens. The evening events culminated in a spectacular fire works display along the St John River.

The day started for us around 2 pm when we enjoyed many happy hours of laughter and good food with our lovely neighbours Debbie and George who hosted not only us but our other neighbours Susan and James. Debbie is a great cook and likes to experiment and always creates the most delicious desserts.

The photos below show Debbie in a white top, George in a red top and Susan and James both dressed in red with Dusty, Debbie and George's lovely dog who really enjoys being in the middle of us all. Ross and I wore our Australia Shirts as it was a bit cold in January to wear them on OZ Day.

It was a great day and we feel very privileged to have been able to help celebrate Canada's National Day with our lovely Beaver Dam friends. We hope to catch up with our other Fredericton friends in the next week or so

On 15 Jul we are off to Newfoundland for a couple of weeks so, until the next update stay safe and well.

Love Bev and Ross