Traditions and everyday life in AustraliaFestivals, family customs, favourite places and everyday traditions, written by members of Global Penfriends who live in Australia. Each cultural keepsake is a short note about life where they are.
169 keepsakes from Australia · page 2 of 6
Uluru is sacred to the Pitjantjatjara, the Aboriginal people of the area, known as the Aṉangu. The area around the formation is home to an abundance of springs, waterholes, rock caves and ancient paintings. Uluru is listed as a…
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My small town in Australia, we have a market on the last Saturday of the month. I picked this event as my keepsake because I always find myself completely relaxed when I am there. Purchasing homemade goods and foods from familiar…
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Spend time with family down at the local park. Celebrate who what we have developed into as a country and to welcome new immigrants that on this day become true Australians through citizenship. Watching the whole of Australia set…
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An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smoking ceremony is an ancient and sacred cultural practice that involves burning specific native plants to produce a meaningful, purifying smoke. Performed by traditional custodians or…
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My family recently moved into town, however, before that we used to live on a farm. the farm had views all the way down to the beach and you could see the shoreline from the windows. My family would often walk for about 30…
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Every year during April my friends and I go to the big banana. It’s really fun and there’s heaps of things to do like ice skating, mini golf, laser tag, toboggans, and a water park plus there’s a big banana. I would say every…
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The Adelaide Oval Scoreboard, was completed in 1911. Manually operated over four stories, the Scoreboard incorporated new features including a novel approach to the layout of information which gave unparalleled detail on the…
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Meat pies, sausage rolls, lamingtons, pavlova and vegemite on toast are just few of many staples that would certainly seem odd in the eyes of some but these recipes are staples on most Aussies plates. A fun little fact about our…
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I Visited The Big Merino, this is located in Goulburn in New South Wales, Australia. The Big Merino Ram is 15.2 metres tall and is made of concrete. There is a shop where you can buy sheep skin, boots, toys and clothes as well…
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Bunnings is a hardware store chain in Australia, they regularly host sausage sizzles outside of their shops. Sausages are better known as snags in Australia. These sausage sizzles are a funny little thing Australians go nuts for…
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Australia Day is the official national day of Australia. Celebrated annually on 26 January, it marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British ships at Port Jackson, New South Wales and the raising of the…
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Australia Day is the official national day of Australia. Celebrated annually on 26 January, it marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British ships at Port Jackson, New South Wales, and the raising of the…
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The Queen Victorian Night Market is a market located in south Melbourne and held at night time. it is made up of stalls that provide people with things such as culturally diverse foods, handmade items or services such as henna or…
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Wallaman Falls is the largest single drop waterfall in Australia! Its 268m to the bottom and the power you feel standing at the bottom looking up is incredible! Once a year my friends go on a 6hour road trip to visit the scenery…
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(imo) The best ski resort in Australia!I travel here every year to ski and it's the most gorgeous spot to stay. Skiing directly in and out of your accommodation is so fun and convenient, and the village atmosphere makes for a fun…
Shared by AussieBunnyBoiler
Summer nights in Perth, Australia are warm, light and they make you want to stay out all night long. The beaches are packed with families and friends. It rarely rains in Perth and doesn't get to cold in Winter. Some days can get…
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At the Auburn Botanic Gardens, they hold a two week festival at the end of August show casing the beautiful cherry blossoms. There is also a plethra of Japanese food trucks and activities to do. I love going here with my family…
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Many retirees in Australia have a caravan and travel around the country. They are called Grey Nomads.There are many free camps to stay at. Happy hour is held at 4pm and strangers often get together to raise a glass. Living in…
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This bird spends its days in well populated areas (mostly) and enjoys the taste of bin waste and human spill, sidewalk paste. They aren’t very gorgeous to look at and smell as bad as you’d expect, however, these feathered…
Shared by Jinx17
The stereotypical image of Australians throwing a shrimp on the BBQ is not factual. I don't know anyone who does this. And Kangaroos don't hop down the roads of our inner cities. The bush land is beautiful and our native animals…
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Australia’s Indigenous peoples are two distinct cultural groups made up of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. But there is great diversity within these two broadly described groups exemplified by the over 250…
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Weather can be very different in Australia depending on where you live. In the North there are only two seasons, wet and dry. In the South there are four seasons, spring summer autumn and winter. The lowest temp is around -20 and…
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Tasmania looks so tiny on the map, but its surprising to most how much there is to see and do here. Weekends in Tasmania can be spent visiting markets, historical towns, hiking in the wilderness or tasting amazing local produce…
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My family and I love to go on beach holidays around Christmas time when it is really hot. We usually camp on or by the beach. This is a very common thing in Australia at Christmas time. We do lots of fun things like swimming…
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I love souvenir items from Baguio City,considered as the Philippines summer capital because the weather is cool there even if its summertime.Wooden keychains such as the ones shown in the picture along with ethnic-designed…
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Flinders Street railway station is a railway station on the corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It serves the entire metropolitan rail network. It was opened on 12 September 1854 by the…
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In Australia many people go out to commemorate ANZAC day (our version of a military memorial day. In more rural and country towns many people go out and dress up to see the horse racing at a local race club. This year I attended…
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In the Land Down Under we have the infamous koalas and kangaroos. They may be cute but they are secretly planning an uprising to take over this country. We've already struggled through the Great Emu War and now we may have a new…
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Every year in March our town has a beautiful Kite Festival, with not only kites, but also music, community groups and food stalls. It is a wonderful sight seeing all of these magnificent kites flying high above the crystal blue…
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