A belated happy Australia Day from Ben and Amy! Australia Day is similar to July 4th in the United States. It's the day Captain Cook "discovered" Australia. The " " are there because of course Cook discovered Australia just as Columbus discovered America (i.e. original inhabitants are not really considered in the mix). Well...that aside, Ben and I still celebrated - though in very American fashion. We again went to Amy and Matt's house in Yass. They made chicken wings, spinach dip, while Ben and I brought roasted root vegetables and brownie sundaes. We then watched the two NFL playoff games. Fortunately, I also brought some Melbourne Bitter (beer). So, that beer probably made our party officially Australian. We'll go with that.
We left their house about 8pm, which got us back to Canberra about 9pm. At that time, Ben and I unknowingly joined-in the Aussie Day celebration. A city event with live music and fireworks was planned (and in full-force) as we made our way back to our apartment. We were driving down a main (if not THE main) thoroughfare in Canberra. Traffic was horrid. Then the fireworks started. The highway immediately turned into a parking lot. People just stopped their cars, got out, sat on their hoods and watched the fireworks. I'm not kidding. Seriously, this is a main road - 6 lanes (counting both directions). And people just parked. Ben and I laughed, said again how much we love Australia, and watched the fireworks.
Happy Australia Day.
That's exactly why Matt and Lisa loved living over there, Amy. They loved the friendliness of the people.
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