I know I’m a day late but I was at the beach naked for the morning and then out drinking and celebrating with my flatmate and some friends yesterday.
It is now 222 years since British settlers landed on Australian soil. It’s a strange thing to celebrate so enthusiastically a day that ruined and ended the lives of thousands of Australian Indigenous people, but then it also has lead to a nation that is a spectacular place to live with a great way of life.
The great thing yesterday was all the different cultures and nationalities out and about celebrating Australia Day. We really are a country will a very broad and mixed cultural makeup and that is a great thing. I hope you all had fun!
After weeks and weeks of blabbering about my holiday, trying to get friends to come along, wistfully dreaming of feeling the sun on my skin the day has come for me to fly to Darwin. I’m packed and it’s probably the lightest I’ve packed for am 8 night trip in my life. I’ll be out in Kakadu National Park for four nights and hiking and swimming in waterholes etc so travelling light is the key.
Winter in Sydney has been very mild this year and not really anything to complain about but if I go too long without real warmth I get edgy. When I booked my flights a couple of months ago I posted on facebook that I’d just bought them and a couple of people I know vaguely asked why on earth I’d fly to Darwin. It’s a mentality I’ve never understood. I know Darwin isn’t thought of as a cultural hub but why WOULDN’T I want to see somewhere new and different other than the oxford street strip which is dirty, tired and unsafe these days? I’m off to explore one of the most rugged parts of the oldest continent. Red earth, wide blue skies, cooling waterholes, beautiful wild birds and animals, the original residents of this country. It’s all waiting for me up there to see and enjoy.
I probably won’t be posting even when I’m back in Darwin on Thursday night, unless I find an internet cafe and write something about what I’ve seen but I won’t be posting pictures until I’m back in Sydney. Have a great week everyone, I’m off to recharge my solar panels!
One day, likely in a time far removed from where I am now, I plan on being in a position to spend up big on art. Sure there are artists who come to mind for a lot of people, like Warhol, Picasso etc that anyone with serious cash would like to buy, but my goals, at least initially are a bit more patriotic.
My favourite photographer, and my two favourite painters are all actually living and are all Australian. Maybe it’s some strange sense of patriotism kicking in, or maybe it’s just that these three living, gay, Australians capture images that reflect the way I see, or would like to see the world.
I’m lucky enough to own a print of a Ross Watson piece, but I dream of having an original painting in my possession one day. Somewhere nearby will be a James Houston photograph and also featuring will be Jeffrey Smart, a living legend in the Australian painting world. It’s nice to dream. One day…
221 years ago today, the first fleet of European settlers arrived on Australian soil. Today, I’ve been sitting in the botanic gardens over looking the harbour having a picnic with some friends.
I’m a bit sunburnt, I haven’t had enough to eat and I’m tired but I’ve had a really great day. Very relaxed, and spent it with great people. Now I’m off to a barbecue, where hopefully after some food, I’ll pick up a bit of energy. It won’t be a late night for me. I’ve got to get up early for gym in the morning.
It’s time for nominations. I’ve been toying with the idea of Aussielicious Awards for a while now and we are starting with an obvious, but challenging one. The Hottest Aussie. You have until next Sunday, Sydney time to get your nominations in and from there I’ll take the top 5 nominees and put them up for your votes.
Nominees can be any Aussie, actors like hunky Hugh Jackman, singers like Anthony Callea, sportsmen like Sonny Bill Williams or Amos Roberts or sexy models like Toby from aussieBum. Anyone you like as long as they are Australian. So get your nominations in now. There will be another category in a month.
Update: It doesn’t have to be people pictured above! There are 21 million Aussies to pic from!
Yes I spelt that correctly! Summer Splice is the new range of swimwear from aussieBum. I couldn’t decide just yet which of the sexy pics they sent me to put up so I thought I’d put the video. Hell, it kept me entertained for a while with all those bright colours, sunshine and that hella sexy model they keep using, Toby. I just got my latest aussieBum order in the mail too, dammit.
I just saw this new promo for aussieBum Summer 2008 (northern summer). It’s got some hot footage of hot boys as usual. I love their products and their videos. The guys are always so damned hot.
Today is ANZAC day here in Australia and New Zealand. It’s like Rememberance Day or Veterans Day. It is the day we remember all our war veterans and it’s the anniversary of the tragic Gallipoli landing in Turkey by Australian troops. Before dawn the Australian’s boats had drifted further than they realised and they stormed a beach that was surrounded by cliffs and hundreds died, picked off by Turkish troops above.
This clip is from an Australian movie made years ago with Mel Gibson.
It’s Wednesday morning here in Sydney and it’s raining. Summer is gone but you can recapture the feeling when you see this video from aussieBum. It’s like a greatest hits mashup of lots of their videos, and it’s hot!
While I was away last weekend I saw some surf boat crews training off the local beach and it made me miss the action. This video from aussieBum, great sponsors of the action, shows the fun, adrenaline, the excitement, thrills and spills of surf boat rowing. If it didn’t take over your life, I’d be back into it in a flash. It’s also a bloody good perve
Today, the Australian Government did what they should have done a long time ago. They apologised. They officially said sorry to the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities for the Stolen Generations. For decades, Aboriginal children were taken from their families and forcibly assimilated into the white community. This apology will hopefully be a big step for reconciliation.
The photo is Casey Conway, Aussiebum model and Native Australian.
Welcome to Aussielicious.com.au! It’s Australia Day here down under. It is 220 years ago today that the first fleet of Australian settlers, largely convicted criminals no matter how petty, landed on Australian soil.
Who would have known that a couple of hundred years later, we’d have treated the natives horrendously, and still do, and become one of the premier tourist destinations in the world.
Australia Day for most Aussies isn’t about recognising our history, but a day to play cricket (backyard, street or beach) drink a fair amount of alcohol, sing tragically and get a bit sunburnt. The Australian of the year was announced last night and was Lee Kernigan. He’s an Australian country singer that most Australians would be hard pressed to name one of his songs. Go figure. We have world leaders in medicine, science, environment and all sorts of other fields and we go and recognise some guy most of us don’t know.
Welcome to Aussielicious.com.au. It’s going to follow on from where the blogger version left off, with lots of nude men, hopefully some interviews, healthy debates and a lot of sarcasm and fun.
