Happy Australia Day!

© John Connolly

Happy Australia Day!

Uploaded: January 25, 2015 | Entered: January 25, 2015 11:18:49

Description

On the 26th of January 1788. the first fleet arrived in Australia from England.
I am happy to say my great, great, great, great grandfather was a Royal Marine on that voyage, so Australia Day is a very important day for my family.
I would like to wish all our Aussie BP’ers a very Happy Australia Day, I hope you have a wonderful day!
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Exif: F Number: 5.6, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/400 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 200, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 30.00 mm, Model: NIKON D90

Comments

Tiia Vissak January 25, 2015

a cool image! #1604958

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe January 25, 2015

Enjoy this special day John!! #11232030

Lynn M. Whitt January 25, 2015

a cute capture. #11232033

Marijana Fajgl January 25, 2015

Happy Australian Day, John! Beautiful image! #11232057

Wm Nosal January 25, 2015

Cool Capture, John!
Happy Australian Day! #11232075

Tammy M. Anderson level-deluxe January 25, 2015

Happy Australia Day. Wonderful capture. Like the comp. and flag BG. #11232079

Candace M. Cleveland January 25, 2015

Happy Australia Day John!! #11232081

Ed Lauderdale level-classic January 25, 2015

Happy Australia Day!! What a heritage!!! I take it you are Australian ;-) #11232108

Katherine Kuhn January 25, 2015

Quintessential Australia for sure, John! Happy Australia day! #11232141

Mitch Spence level-classic January 25, 2015

Happy Australia Day to you, John, and the same to all our members from Australia. #11232159

Gord MacEachern January 25, 2015

Beautiful patriotic image John, and Happy Australia Day my friend!! #11232187

Robert R. Goodman January 25, 2015

Hi John,Happy Australia Day my friend.Great capture,Hope enjoy the day my friend! #11232188

Ellen Hodges January 25, 2015

Happy Australis Day to you, too, John! Such a cute capture!!! #11232219

Avril Young January 25, 2015

Hope you are having a wonderful Australian Day..lamb on the bbq ;-) wonderful capture...great history you have there John.. #11232298

Barbara Waldoch January 25, 2015

Happy Australian Day, John! :-) #11232313

Nadia Paul January 26, 2015

What a wonderful Australia Day composite John! Hope you had a good one! #11232340

Mary K. Robison January 26, 2015

Happy Australia Day, John! What a great, great, etc., history for you and your family. Very nice job on the dedication image. #11232374

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer January 26, 2015

WOW! That's quite an interesting family tree, John.
Happy Australia Day to you and yours.
A fantastic celebration image. #11232406

Joy Rector January 26, 2015

love this shot #11232408

Douglas Pignet January 26, 2015

Happy Day to you...great capture and love the post work #11232411

Ujjwal Mukherjee January 26, 2015

What a beautiful image, John ! Happy Australia Day to you and yours! Today is an important day for us as well - 26th Jan. is our Republic Day! #11232449

Bojan Bencic level-classic January 26, 2015

Happy Australia Day, John! Great capture from down under. #11232479

Martha R. Mazon level-classic January 26, 2015

Happy Australia Day, John! How wonderful it must be to have that family legacy! And I can't think of a more perfect image to commemorate it. #11232537

John Benway January 26, 2015

Great shot John, and happy Australia day to you. #11232637

Anita Hogue January 26, 2015

A beautiful capture, John! Hope you had a Happy Australia Day! #11232673

John Connolly January 26, 2015

Many thanks for all your kind wishes and comments! We had the coldest wet Australia day in 50 years yesterday! It never got above 70ºF all day! #11232797

MELODIE C. ROBERTS January 27, 2015

How Cute!!!!
Hope your Aussie Day was wonderful my Friend! #11233114

John Connolly January 27, 2015

Thanks Melodie, we had a ball! #11233323

Nancy L. Green level-classic January 27, 2015

What an adorable image John, hope you had a great day!! <>< #11233418

John Connolly January 28, 2015

Thank you so much Nancy! #11233986

Emile Abbott level-deluxe January 29, 2015

Happy belated Australia Day, John. So cute and appropriate. #11234550

John Connolly January 30, 2015

Thanks Emile! #11235011

Tiia Vissak February 27, 2015

Congrats! #11255070

Nancy L. Green level-classic February 27, 2015

CONGRATULATIONS!!! One of my favs as well!!! <>< #11255077

Phyllis A. Houghton February 27, 2015

Congratulations on your SF. Good luck in the next round. A perfect photo for Australia Day - absolutely perfect. #11255123

Wm Nosal February 27, 2015

CONGRATULATIONS, John! #11255299

Teresa Burnett level-classic February 28, 2015

And another huge Congratulations on this Staff Fave award, John!! I just love these little cuties!! #11256266

Marilyn K. Lincecum level-classic February 28, 2015

So cute with the Australian flag in the background. #11256631

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