Australia Day Bondi beach dawn reflection ceremony

[Rooster1908]

I propose September 26 as it is the day Australia won the America’s Cup A day that truly brought the country together and unified. If it is to be changed that is a good day with some significance.

Now as to your claims of me choosing not to celebrate Australia Day this is false Both myself and Mrs Walker will spend the early morning at the Bondi Dawn reflection ceremony. Then we will have a swim followed by a nice breakfast at a nice little cafe. Later on in the day we will head to Newtown where we shall attend the Yabun Festival which is a celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander cultures. In the evening we are attending a BBQ with our Chinese neighbours It is going to be a wonderful day

https://yabun.org.au/

Sounds good , enjoy yourself but fair dinkum you are shiteing yourself if you reckon celebrating a yatch race will bring the country together .It's a NO from me .PS sounds more like you are celebrating indigenous day not all Australian day but enjoy .

[eddie]

I propose September 26 as it is the day Australia won the America’s Cup A day that truly brought the country together and unified. If it is to be changed that is a good day with some significance.

Millionaires playing with yachts ?
Despite Bob Hawks stupidity, it's debatable whether that brought the country together. Better to stick with tradition and leave the date as is.

[Andrew Walker]

Sounds good , enjoy yourself but fair dinkum you are shiteing yourself if you reckon celebrating a yatch race will bring the country together .It's a NO from me .PS sounds more like you are celebrating indigenous day not all Australian day but enjoy .

LOL I’m going to a BBQ ( how Aussie is that ) in the evening or does that not count to you as it is with some Chinese.

OH 08 you never fail to disappoint,even with an indigenous son in law it shows what you really think of our indigenous.

How is attending events celebrating our indigenous culture our First Nations people not celebrating Australia ?

The answer can only be you don’t consider them as Australians or you consider them a different category, and you consider Australia Day an event for Anglo Saxons only
Youve really shown yourself up here Shame on you 08

[Random Rooster]

The Rockstar is back! Good to see you mate, hittin the limp wrists outta the park with some beautifully placed wisdom and wit

And yes, changing the date of Australia Day wouldn't satisfy the self loathing activists who started this nonsense. It's the fact that we celebrate Australia at all that really upsets them.

Thats absolute BS Jack. You can make any day Australia Day- a day we can celebrate the great country we live in.

There doesn't need to be a link between a certain event from the past. There's over 300 other days you can make it. Make it the day before the Kings birthday so the celebrations can kick on to late evening without the worry of having to go to work the next day- i mean the Monarchs birthday is a nothing public holiday (not even celebrated in the UK) and the 2 events are somewhat correlated

However if the 26th is offensive to the majority of the Indigenous people is it really that hard to see why??

[Rooster1908]

LOL I’m going to a BBQ ( how Aussie is that ) in the evening or does that not count to you as it is with some Chinese.

OH 08 you never fail to disappoint,even with an indigenous son in law it shows what you really think of our indigenous.

How is attending events celebrating our indigenous culture our First Nations people not celebrating Australia ?

The answer can only be you don’t consider them as Australians or you consider them a different category, and you consider Australia Day an event for Anglo Saxons only
Youve really shown yourself up here Shame on you 08

Hahaha , lol kidding yourself again .Unlike you I consider us to be all Australian .And how do you know what heritage I am ? We will be having a BBQ as well , with my Indigenous family and many others celebrating as one not TRYING to be inclusive but actually doing it .You have just shown that you are the one who is racist .PS it's sons in laws plural

[Andrew Walker]

Hahaha , lol kidding yourself again .Unlike you I consider us to be all Australian .And how do you know what heritage I am ? We will be having a BBQ as well , with my Indigenous family and many others celebrating as one not TRYING to be inclusive but actually doing it .You have just shown that you are the one who is racist .PS it's sons in laws plural

I never said anything about being racist 08 you have thought about your words and then come to such a conclusion. You did seperate the indigenous from all of Australia. With your comment of me only celebrating indigenous culture and not anAll Australian Day Your words not mine.

How any of this makes me a racist is bewildering Labelling and gaslighting others in anger Shame on you again 08 Deeply disappointing behaviour I really thought better of you

PS Please don’t correct my English I recall you getting very triggered by someone doing this to you chiming in with how you had a hard upbringing but in spite of that I’ve done really well for myself snd I get upset when people point out my grammar lol
More disappointing behaviour from you 08 Wanting to be treated a certain way but not affording this to others

[Andrew Walker]

Thats absolute BS Jack. You can make any day Australia Day- a day we can celebrate the great country we live in.


However if the 26th is offensive to the majority of the Indigenous people is it really that hard to see why??

Bravo Randy Bravo

[Jacks Fur Coat]

I try to take an egalitarian approach with most things.

I live in an area where most peoples parents weren't born here or they weren't born here themselves. My heritage is a few generations here. Does that make me better or more entitled or more Aussie than them ...No.

People claiming some indigenous heritage live here. Does that make them better or more entitled than me...No.

Most of those claiming Indigenous ancestry have mixed heritage anyway, European Asian or Anglo blended. Is their issue with the date of Australia Day any more important than my issue with wanting to keep it...No.

I'm not aware of anyone still living now who was here when settlement first started in 1788. So, I think as a society we place way too much emphasis on lineage based on geography. We all have ancestry with sad, tough stories to tell.

The important and relevant thing now is to appreciate and celebrate our history but mainly the amazing things and accomplishments in such a relatively short timeframe. To toast what makes this country great. See sig.

[Rooster1908]

I never said anything about being racist 08 you have thought about your words and then come to such a conclusion. You did seperate the indigenous from all of Australia. With your comment of me only celebrating indigenous culture and not anAll Australian Day Your words not mine.

How any of this makes me a racist is bewildering Labelling and gaslighting others in anger Shame on you again 08 Deeply disappointing behaviour I really thought better of you

PS Please don’t correct my English I recall you getting very triggered by someone doing this to you chiming in with how you had a hard upbringing but in spite of that I’ve done really well for myself snd I get upset when people point out my grammar lol
More disappointing behaviour from you 08 Wanting to be treated a certain way but not affording this to others

Read your second paragraph of your previous post if that doesn't sound like you calling me racist then nothing ever will.Think you have been hanging with a certain poster because you are becoming ba condescending SOB.

[Rooster1908]

I try to take an egalitarian approach with most things.

I live in an area where most peoples parents weren't born here or they weren't born here themselves. My heritage is a few generations here. Does that make me better or more entitled or more Aussie than them ...No.

People claiming some indigenous heritage live here. Does that make them better or more entitled than me...No.

Most of those claiming Indigenous ancestry have mixed heritage anyway, European Asian or Anglo blended. Is their issue with the date of Australia Day any more important than my issue with wanting to keep it...No.

I'm not aware of anyone still living now who was here when settlement first started in 1788. So, I think as a society we place way too much emphasis on lineage based on geography. We all have ancestry with sad, tough stories to tell.

The important and relevant thing now is to appreciate and celebrate our history but mainly the amazing things and accomplishments in such a relatively short timeframe. To toast what makes this country great. See sig.

I feel like I've been around that long sometimes

[Andrew Walker]

Read your second paragraph if that doesn't sound like you calling me racist then nothing ever will.Think you have been hanging with a certain poster because you are becoming ba condescending SOB.

OH 08 But if doesn’t say that. This is simply the way you are interpreting my response to your comment about my family not celebrating Australia Day in all Australian way for attending indigenous events

Furthermore you then respond by attacking me by calling me racist due to this. Then going on a further attack by saying we are trying to be inclusive in doing this whilst you are being inclusive due to one of your kids having an indigenous husband,

You see the thing is with that is I don’t think you have much choice in that one. I
mean it would upset your Daughter if you were not to do so. So you really have no choice but to grin and bear it if you did happen to be such way inclined. Whereas myself and Mrs Walker choose to attend the events we are attending by choice not because of family ties.

I wonder would you would have anything to do with the indigenous on Australia Day if it were not for your Daughters choice of husband. Or would you sit at home surrounded by your Aussie Flag that is made in China.

Finally you end your post with more attacks and name calling

[Rooster1908]

LOL I’m going to a BBQ ( how Aussie is that ) in the evening or does that not count to you as it is with some Chinese.

OH 08 you never fail to disappoint,even with an indigenous son in law it shows what you really think of our indigenous.

How is attending events celebrating our indigenous culture our First Nations people not celebrating Australia ?

The answer can only be you don’t consider them as Australians or you consider them a different category, and you consider Australia Day an event for Anglo Saxons only
Youve really shown yourself up here Shame on you 08

Andy read your second paragraph .You say it shows what I think of indigenous.Thats calling me a racist .2/3 of my mates are of indigenous heritage .also a couple of pommies and a few Anglo Saxon as you like to call them .Even have on great deadset gay mate .I personally don't have a prejudices bone in my body but by Christ I don't like condescending assholes .there's a name for ya

[bondi.boy]

A fine post Randy. Unfortunately for the die hard faction, which is probably still the majority, the worm is turning with regard to the insensitivity of January 26th. Our very impressive Australia cricket captain, Pat Cummins, has forthrightly distanced himself from "Celebration" as has the AWB.

It is often said that the test of a successful nation is the way that it treats its least advantaged. There's no getting away from it, we almost destroyed the original landowners and their culture and much more needs to be done to atone for that. As usual, News is not about anything in any way principled, this is a Culture War gesture aimed squarely at progressive sentiment as is anything that Jax has to contribute in such matters.

Anyway, with that limp wristed woke Cummin's endorsement, the writing is clearly on the wall. Jax and Co are yesterday's men and they know it.

Cummins said he loves Australia, loves Australia Day, ...that a change of date could be better than Jan 26 ...in so many words.
His employer is Cricket Australia.

Changing the date won't make any difference.
Change the date to 6th March...the protesters/ mourners will still be saying 'Invasion'....'treaty'...'total sovereignty'.
There won't be any more people embracing the national anthem and national flag.

Captain Cook monument in Melbourne has been vandalised.
Red "the colony will fail" painted on it.

The good captain standing atop monument was sawn off at the ankles and left on the ground.
He's been taken to 'hospital'.

The war for Australia Day has begun.

Said monument has been damaged before...but there are still no security cameras there and no fence around it.
Why not?

[Andrew Walker]

Andy read your second paragraph .You say it shows what I think of indigenous.Thats calling me a racist .2/3 of my mates are of indigenous heritage .also a couple of pommies and a few Anglo Saxon as you like to call them .Even have on great deadset gay mate .I personally don't have a predudious bone in my body but by Christ I don't like condescending assholes .there's a name for ya

No it means you categorised them as different to other Australians. You are the one who did this not me. I consider your comment a poorly judged and I’ll thought out comment Not a racist one. In future I suggest that you think before you speak or type

[Paddo Colt 61]

Yeah Nah...once again u are FAKE NEWS.

"Nearly two-thirds of Australians (65%) say January 26 should be known as ‘Australia Day’ – up 6% points on a year ago"

https://www.roymorgan.com/findings/n...-on-a-year-ago

WORM is NOT turning in your favour.

Let us know on that rare day that u post something factual....maybe two short farts will do. Blow your trumpet as it's hard to maintain interest in your constant lies & propaganda. If i want propaganda, i'll just watch left wing MSM on the controlled idiot box.

Hey Rocco. I might add "dyslexic" to "meathead", Nothing in your rebuttal has anything to do with my comment. If you read it again I said that the majority is probably still for no change but that is par because the general public does not know its arse from its elbow and it reliably follows the low brow dictum "If ya don't know say no".

The fact is that until Super Patriot and Culture Warrior John Howard legislated that it be held on the 26th, it was flexible to give the punters a long week end. If understanding the Voice was beyond them, a flexie Oz Day certainly was. No-one knew what it was for and that was just 30 years ago, not as though it has ever been chiseled in stone.

And Jax, what a lot of people certainly don't want is your particular version of "Australia" - intolerant, cranky and whitey (despite your disingenuous protests re the Merrylands locals - you might not think that you're better but ya don't want anything to do them all the same. Your intent, along with the Comancheros, to bash an annoying Aborigine on voting day says that your Koori equality sentiments are also hot air. Yours is a Cronulla flavoured dumb Australia that seems to thrive on myths like ANZAC, Terra Nullius and the "Alliance" with the USA (We should learn a lesson when the Ukes get dumped) It's a News Ltd Australia desired only by a bunch of right wing ning nongs. The intelligentsia have long since rejected it.