Three thousand people at 6am?
Smoking ceremony
Sounds like hell..
Already hot
All in for a swim
I wonder how life guards know where to begin.
Throngs of people between the flags
Call me a kill joy
That sounds mad.
Crowds of people off to the beach
Celebrating Australia day?
We used to say.
Bloody cabarners
Put them away
May they enjoy their day in sun
I am picturing thin white strips on very burnt bums.
Piles of rubbish at the end of the day
Bonza mate
The great Aussie way.
On Gadigal country the mob preform
And amongst them the people mourn
Protesters gather throughout the country
Road uncertain
Certainly bumpy.
Tribes in a divided nation
Australia day now complicated.
If disunity is death which way will we turn
The stories been told we just never learnt.
Come on Aussies
Enjoy the day..
However we spend it your on display.
Bronze Aussie culture surf and sun
Hear the fear..
Melanoma will come..
Follow us
We don't know the way
Come on Aussies
Enjoy your day.
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Don't forget the sunscreen. 👍
Yes, another chemical cocktail to make them millions.
Best wishes to all those down under on their special day .. Neville
We might end up calling it riot day. Our friends 14yr old son got pepper sprayed in a crowd, by police.
Just fortunate there were no grannies with zimmer frames to tazzer.
The picture here reminds me of the beach a couple of blocks from my house in Florida as well as some of the beaches I go to in Brazil. I choose to walk down the beach to where there is no life guard and few if any people.
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