Thursday, January 27, 2011

PFF - G'day from Australia



I just learned today about Australia Day which is celebrated in Australia on January 26. Australia Day is a national holiday that commemorates the 1788 arrival of a fleet of ships from England to establish a penal colony at Sydney Cove. The real celebration is over for this year, but I decided to do an Australia post anyway.

This is one of the cute Australian animal postcards I found at an Australian booth that was at the Minnesota State Fair one year (about 20 years ago). Can you name all the animals (I can't). Can you say "G'day"?




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12 comments:

  1. Christine H.January 27, 2011 at 7:48:00 PM CST

    I'd like to trade places or at least weather with them right now. Happy Australia Day!

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  2. graceJanuary 28, 2011 at 11:41:00 AM CST

    Great post card. Cute animals

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  3. JoyJanuary 28, 2011 at 3:44:00 PM CST

    G'day cobber. They are a group of cute critters. I have always wanted to hear a kookaburra call for real.

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  4. TerryJanuary 28, 2011 at 6:14:00 PM CST

    Howdy
    Happy PFF :)
    You are always such a delighful place to visit !
    Love the post for today.
    I tried the G"day ,but it came out all wrong with this southern twang of mine . I enjoyed the show Postcardy ! Thank you for a great time .
    May you have a super rest of the weekend .
    Until Next Time
    Happy Trails

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  5. SnapJanuary 28, 2011 at 6:49:00 PM CST

    Love the card ... the Australian wildlife are too cute! Happy PFF!

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  6. FunoldhagJanuary 28, 2011 at 7:42:00 PM CST

    G'day!! Catchy music. I love the blogs of the Aussie ladies who are into quilting - so fun to read and they do great work. Nice blog post!

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  7. viridianJanuary 28, 2011 at 8:28:00 PM CST

    So cute! and for Aussies, Australia day is in summer so lots of fun in the sun.

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  8. DorincardJanuary 28, 2011 at 10:20:00 PM CST

    Sure, I can name them: John, Peter...

    OK:
    -Eastern Grey Kangaroo or Western Grey Kangaroo.
    -Koala.
    -Wombat.
    -Echidna (Long-beaked, I guess).
    -Kookaburra.
    -Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita; not..tua caca)
    -frill-necked lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii), also known as the frilled lizard or frilled dragon.

    :)

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  9. RebeccaJanuary 29, 2011 at 5:31:00 AM CST

    Fun postcard with the animals-love to go to Australia some day!

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  10. MuseSwingsJanuary 29, 2011 at 2:10:00 PM CST

    G'day! Cheery postcard and song. Oh, and about the animals: what Dorincard said.

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  11. Sheila @ A Postcard a DayJanuary 30, 2011 at 3:03:00 AM CST

    This really did make me laugh. I had an Australian colleague and we used to tease her unmercifully but before long we were all saying G'day!

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  12. CaroleFebruary 4, 2011 at 12:03:00 PM CST

    I'm late, I'm late.....So late in getting to view last weeks entries!

    That is a fun card!

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