Australia Day is the offical national day of Australia. Its celebrated annually on 26 January and it marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British ships at Port Jackson, New South Wales, and the raising of the Flag of Great Britian at Sydney Cove by Governor Arthur Phillip.
While its been 10 years since we have been back in AU to celebrate our National Day we enjoyed the day with dear friends. Its also a day where new citizens who come to our country receive their citizenship.
In Canberra our National Capital, 29 people became Australian citizens. They were presented their certificates by our Prime Minister, The Honable Scott Morrison. The cermony was held on the foreshore of Lake Burley Griffin. This same ceremony was held all around the country in many cities and towns around the same time.
We started off with rockmellon draped with prosciutto and drisseled with a balsamic reduction, warm croissants with home made apricot jam. A cheese platter with salami, ham, fruit and nuts. Following this we had BBQ sausages with scrampled eggs and a peach salad. We also had a dried tomato and blue cheese tart topped with rocket. Sadly I forgot to take some photos of the remainder of the food.
We enjoyed champange, wine and a good time was had by all.
A small sample of the fine wines we enjoyed.
Cheers,
Beverley and Ross
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