Anzac day

Today we had the day off because of Anzac day. It's about remembering the actions of Australian and New Zealand forces in the first world war and the wars since then. This year Anzac day was on a Sunday and therefore everyone gets the Monday off which is nice. If you want to know more about Anzac day this is an excellent link We didn't really participate in the ceremonies but our six year old could tell us all about the battles, the Japanese and poppies. He also made a beautiful drawing of a poppies.

This week we will be preparing for the Dutch Queens day celebrations. After celebrating Queens day in jakarta and Mumbai we are a bit dissapointed. There are so many Dutch in Sydney we ended up on the waiting list!! We also need to pay to get in. This is really unheard of. Luckily our Australian neighbour, a musician, has been invited to play on the event so we may be able to get to the Dutch reception through him. Tonight he showed us the Dutch songs he will be playing. One of them is 'Laat me' and another one is 'Op een Kangaroe eiland'. We are looking forward to it.