Importance Of Australia Day

5 things to expect from this year’s Australia Day
On Thursday, Australia will celebrate its most important public holiday again, and almost every Australian is excited. Yes, either they want to join the long list of celebrations across the country or to simply legitimately skip work and rest at home.

Australia Day, celebrated every 26th of January, or the following Monday in case the date falls on a weekend, has a strong cultural significance. Despite this, many Australians don’t know that commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet of British ships 200 years ago—in 1788—at Port Jackson in New South Wales. This was the day when Captain Arthur Philip declared the country as a British colony.

1. Left and right celebrations

Surely, celebrations

Amongst which are the month-long Laneway Festival and Sydney’s titular music concert.

2. The weather

According to the Bureau of Meteorology, a relatively fine weather is expected to wrap the country, but there could be a slight chance of thunderstorms in select parts of Australia. Nonetheless, everything will be partly cloudy, favourable to event organisers mounting their respective event outdoors, and those who would forego the usual celebrations in the city for a hike or a quick trip to the beach.

The chance of rainfall is lower for Melbournites at 30 percent, whilst those from Sydney are being warned of an alarming 50 percent. Maybe pair their barbecue stand with a makeshift awning sounds a better idea, right?

A cooler 20 degrees is expected for Brisbane, whilst Adelaide is predicted to enjoy a day of balanced heat and cold at 28 degrees. Adelaide will be the hottest for this day at 37 degrees, so better bring your sunscreen and sunglasses if you plan to go

The launch of Australian netflix
Oflix, an Australian version of the US’s Netflix (Hulu), will launch on this very date, with the aim of luring more Australian movie enthusiasts to watch more locally films. The newest on-demand content platform is different from Stan, which offers both TV and movie content from various parts of the globe, more particularly from the US and the UK.

Oflix business model is quite ambitious, as it aims to showcase every Australian movie produced since the beginning of the country’s film industry, if possible. In able to do this, the company has partnered with Australian Film Future Foundation to achieve this lofty goal.
“Of course they (Australian films) will not all be available at launch, there are too many and they can be hard to find these days,” an Ozflix spokesperson told the press. “Over the first few years we will steadily seek them out and add more Aussie movies, large and small, recent and classics, until we have them all, and unlike other services, they will stay on Ozflix and never be deleted.”
The company’s slogan, which veers heavily on encouraging more Australians to support local films, is very in keeping with its patriotic goal of launching its services on an equally patriotic