Celebrating Australia Day 2024 - Events & Locations, Products & Shops

bargain huntress on 11/01/2024 - 21:01
Last edited 11/01/2024 - 23:52

If you are planning to celebrate Australia Day, please tell us all about it!

What are you going to get up to?

You don't need to spend anything to celebrate Australia Day, but maybe you want to, so:

What's on and where?
What's for sale and where?

It's becoming a little more difficult to find Australia Day events and things - https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/825511 - thus the idea for this thread.

Those who dont wish to celebrate are invited to ignore this thread and the date.

Events:
Here you can find the dwindling official events -
https://www.australiaday.org.au/events

Shops:
(If no organised category, search for Australia, Australian, Australiana etc)
Best&Less - https://www.bestandless.com.au/australia-day
Spotlight - https://www.spotlightstores.com/
Coles - https://www.coles.com.au/

General Discussion Australia Day

Comments

  • Jimothy Wongingtons on 11/01/2024 - 21:04
    +9

    In before Woolworths-gate

    • JIMB0 on 11/01/2024 - 21:23
      -3

      And Invasion Day

    • DashCam AKA Rolts on 11/01/2024 - 22:18
      +1

      In before Woolworths-gate

      Is this about self check outs again?
      Mandatory /s

      • st1ng on 12/01/2024 - 21:04
        +1

        Nope. Potato Head Dutton wants you to boycott them because they (and Aldi and KMart) aren't selling made-in-China Aussie Day things this year.

    • spackbace on 11/01/2024 - 22:51
      +4

      Replying to top comment to say something random

  • ihfree on 11/01/2024 - 21:22
    +6

    Nothing planned yet but I'll be sure to head into Coles to make sure I'm dressed appropriately.

  • Gdsamp on 11/01/2024 - 21:22
    +1

    Pepsi

  • Dollar General on 11/01/2024 - 21:29
    +2

    Bunnings

    • stuffandthat on 12/01/2024 - 08:40

      Great idea. I've got a voucher to spend.

  • iforgotmysocks on 11/01/2024 - 21:41
    +3

    Going to celebrate by verbally berating 15 year old Woolworths staff

  • ihfree on 11/01/2024 - 21:53
    +1

    There's a website listing events -
    https://www.australiaday.org.au/events

    It's becoming a little more difficult to find Australia Day events and things

    Are there any events or classes of event that you feel are missing?

    • markathome on 11/01/2024 - 22:19
      +1

      In fairness that website ain't great.

      Are there any events or classes of event that you feel are missing?

      I miss good bands playing. triple j Hottest 100 parties. The Perth Skyworks. Those sort of things.

  • markathome on 11/01/2024 - 22:17
    +1

    I've been pretty disappointed with recent Australia Day offerings…

    Perth has chosen to scale back their fireworks - though I felt Basil undersold the replacement - which was quite acceptable if you can forgive the one minute drone ad for Hancock Prospecting*. It's apparently doing it again this year; it's also another day of FringeWorld.

    Melburnians have the tennis and late-night NGV access but that's about it - both Men's semi-finals are that day. Brisbane will see the second day of the Australia v West Indies test match. Sydneysiders get another edition of Australia Day Live. Last year featured Dami Im, Christine Anu and Isaiah Firebrace.

    Hopefully we get some free BBQs, free pool access and council fireworks too.

    FWIW I reckon we should change the date and bring back the festivities - before 2020 Australia Day was pretty good. I reckon February 1st to celebrate Medicare's introduction and we could get an update on just how much the government of the day has screwed/improved the system in the last year.

    * I know that could absolutely sound like some sort of joke - it definitely is not - it absolutely happened.

  • Pcosmic on 12/01/2024 - 00:33
    -5

    Genocide

  • stuffandthat on 12/01/2024 - 08:41
    +3

    I'm going to do the most Aussie thing and enjoy my day not at work.

    • ThithLord on 12/01/2024 - 10:14

      spending the day drinking … right?

      • stuffandthat on 12/01/2024 - 10:23

        Nah. But I will be smoking a brisket and/or ribs

        • ThithLord on 12/01/2024 - 12:12

          You gotta stay hydrated!

          But that sounds good

  • Fredfloresjr on 12/01/2024 - 09:10
    +3

    I will have my paid day off and enjoy time with the family.

    And troll people with their dramas.

  • onetwothreefour on 12/01/2024 - 09:13
    +1

    Ozbargain forums

  • runamuck on 14/01/2024 - 23:12

    Heading to cronulla

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