Australia Day

I love Australia Day. Essentially Australia’s 4th of July, it’s a day full of sunshine and BBQs and relaxing and fireworks. This year, Australia Day found us in Melbourne, and this is how we celebrated: An air show by the Royal Australian Air Force

A fantastic Aussie burger (of course)

A walk around Lake Albert to soak up that Aussie sun

And an evening in Fed Square. Fed Square is possibly my favourite thing about Melbourne. Or at least one of the top 5. It’s a big plaza in the heart of the city with a gigantic screen and a stage and restaurants all around. Tonight was also one of the biggest matches of the Australian Open – Nadal vs. Federer – so everyone without tickets to the event flocked to Fed Square to watch it on the screen. Forget sports bars – this is the best way to watch sports if you can’t be there in person.

And then the match was interrupted mid-play for the fireworks. They were over the river, off the tops of buildings, on the big-screen – it was a great show. Not as good as the Darling Harbour Australia Day fireworks in Sydney, but still a really good show.

Happy Australia Day!!