Oz: Oz Holidays
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Caption: Any excuse for a day off.....

Blurb: Explains the different national, state and local excuses for
days off, their background and what goes on.



Aussies are fairly keen on festivals, as it means a day at the beach
or around the BBQ, as opposed to work. Some of the more common aussie
festivals are.....



	+ Name - Date - Description - Activities
	+ New Years Day - 1st January - Party party party until
	sunrise, then go to sleep - Hangover recovery, empty stubby
	collection
	+ Australia Day - 26th January - Frantic flag waving and
	general celebrating - Citizenship ceremonies, Australia Day
	Honours
	+ Labour Day (some states) - 2nd / 9th March - Union
	orientated day off - BBQ in the park, family affair
	+ Canberra Day - 16th March - Mini Australia Day for
	Canberrans - BBQ in the park type activities
	+ Easter - 10th - 13th April - Easter Egg hunts and more BBQs
	- Excessive chocloate consumption
	+ ANZAC Day - 25th April - Australian and New Zealand Army
	Corps Day - Dawn service, honouring fallen soldiers
	+ Labour Day - 4th May - For those states and territories who
	missed out in March - As above
	+ Queen's Birthday - 8th June - A somewhat irrelevant holiday
	as far as it's original purpose, but still enjoyed. - Yet more
	BBQs
	+ Melbourne Cup Day - 3rd November - "The race that stops a
	nation" - Chicken, champagne and funny hats
	+ Rememberance Day - 11th November - The 11th hour of the
	11th day of the 11th month is used to remember war veterans. -
	Memorial services
	+ Christmas Day - 25th December - The pinnacle of the silly
	season. - Overeating on a grand scale, BBQ's by the river
	+ Boxing Day - 26th December - Christmas recovery day - Post
	Christmas sales
	+ New Years Eve - 31st December - Party party party - Booze
	and yelling at clocks



Note that some holidays, like Labour Day and Bank Holidays, occur on
different dates from state to state, and some, such as Labour Day,
occur twice yearly in some states.






















Images on this page:
	Image:
		Filename:    Holidays/Flag-Helicopter.jpg
		Caption:     Australia Day
	Image:
		Filename:    Holidays/Olympics.gif
		Caption:     The Ohlimpics
	Image:
		Filename:    Holidays/Melbourne-Cup.gif
		Caption:     The Melbourne Cup Carnival
	Image:
		Filename:    Holidays/Rememberance.jpg
		Caption:     Poppies in the wall of rememberance


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		Name:        The Victorian Racing Club
		Description: Home of the Melbourne Cup


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Bibliographical information:
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  + Title	Oz: Oz Holidays
  + Creator	Starweb Document Generator V2.6
  + Subject	Australian Holidays
  + Description	A brief and broad description of things
		Australian
  + Publisher	Lukas Tan
  + Contributor
  + Date	2003-05-05
  + Type	Content
  + Format	text/plain
  + Identifier	C:\Documents and Settings\Lukas\My
		Documents\Homepage\Oz\Holidays.txt
  + Source	Holidays.swx
  + Language	en
  + Relation	txt.swt
  + Coverage	Australia
  + Rights	Under Australian law, copyright of this document
		falls with it's publisher (Lukas Tan). Permission is
		granted for the use of the content of these pages for
		non - commercial educational purposes, provided that
		appropriate acknowledgement is given.
  + URL		http://www.effect.net.au/lukastan/Oz/