Australia Day

The other day (26th January) the nation celebrated Australia Day. This is a pretty big deal over here - and the typical thing to do is to have a BBQ party and spend the day drinking in the sun. The radio plays the list of the top 100 songs of the year, which a lot of people listen to whilst partying. There are few other traditions like the ANZAC biscuits, but I reckon the real star of the day are beer and meat.  This year we were guests at our friend Maria's near Clovelly. There were about twenty people, a lot of Irish, and me as the token Italian. They put up a great party - and even the weather (that has been a bit pants lately) was kind enough to allow us to fully enjoy a few steaks in Maria's back garden (which by the way was full of very scarily looking and voluminous spiders).
Maria and her housemates fed me one too many vodka rich cocktails and shots, so the whole thing started off as a civilised affair ( with conversation of the type :'what a wonderful day') and ended up in a bit of a blur.
Great day!