Australia day program sydney 2014

Spectator vessel areas off Milsons Point and Lavender Bay will provide the best vantage points for the spectacular program of events taking place in the middle of the harbour between From 2.

Bring the family down for an afternoon of music, games and on water activities. Chill out to some tunes from the floating stage and grab a snag from the BBQ barge.

All boat sizes are welcome, with vessels under 8 metres accommodated in an exclusion area in front of the stage. Best vantage point: Cockle Bay will be closed to private craft on Australia Day from The best vantage points to view the fireworks are on land in Darling Harbour. More at www. Blog Back RSS feed. Best vantage point: Athol Bay and Point Piper.

All day within 50 metres of ferries and tall ships. Bark canoes travelling from the four compass points will meet the Tribal Warrior under the Harbour Bridge.

Fire from each of the tribes will be used to smoke the bridge as the Australian and Aboriginal flags are raised, commemorating our past and celebrating our future. Come along for a close-up look at these spectacular cruise liners dressed in the Australian spirit — but not too close, a 30 metre exclusion zone applies.

For more information or to register, visit swimseries. Cheer on your favourite ferry as they power down the harbour and back to the finish line under the Sydney Harbour Bridge at Please note: There is a 50 metre exclusion zone around each competing ferry.

Two agile and powerful tug boats will dance with a flotilla of yachts, courtesy of EastSail, giving harbour spectators a precision sailing display, manoeuvring in unison in an amazing show of colour and movement. Visit eastsail. Vessels of all shapes and sizes are welcome to join the flotilla and everyone is encouraged to join in the spirit of the day by dressing their vessels with colour and flags.

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We at Sydney Spectaculars pride on historical accuracy so here is the history of the date of Australia Day as far as we are aware. Australia could place control of public holidays under the Australian Parliament if a constitutional referendum was held to alter the constitution to give the Australian Parliament that power though.

Nevertheless, the landing of the 1st Fleet at Sydney marked the beginning of a dramatic change in the environment the Indigenous peoples lived in. A change that is still occurring to this day though improvements have been made to rectify certain things For example, now there are native title claims. The arrival of disease dramatically decreased the Indigenous population too though this was accidental. The United Kingdom formally separated from Australia in However, they still share the same Monarch, who holds the title of Queen in each country separately.

In , this escalated with the Federal Government announcing new rules for citizenship ceremonies which will be implemented in However, for now, it is only occurring in certain places and particularly in the youth population. Dates mean different things to different people.

To be united as 1 country on 1 day, we need to all come together. If the day we are meant to be united as 1 country is the day we are disunited as 1 country, then something is clearly out of place.