If you’re anything like me, when you raised your glass to welcome in 2011 you thought about what your big goal for the year to come will be. My “what’s next?” for this year again came back to education and I enrolled at music school last week. This is hardly surprising to my dear friends who believe I’ll be a student forever.
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Why do we observe Australia Day?
Anyone who said it was when Australia was discovered, go and sit in the corner and think about what you just said. Anyone who said it was when Captain Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet arrived in 1788, high-fives. OK I’m done with the history lesson.
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It is going to be a very hot day on Wednesday, so Im thinking of sleeping in, enjoying some air-con and maybe cleaning my house. I don’t really get into the aussie day festivities, especially on a Wednesday. Does that make me? unaustralian
nick of St Peters
So, I’m making sausage rolls & firing up the BBQ with friends in Clovelly. Hopefully this good weather holds & I’ll get in some beach action. We’re so lucky to have so many great outdoor places in Sydney.
Brad of Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW
One of the inevitable nightmares of a good night out is getting home at the end of it. A pet loathing of mine is the upcab ... and I can see all your furrowed brows from here so I’ll explain.
When someone upcabs you, they ignore the group of people waiting for taxis and stand up the street in front of everyone and flag the next taxi down. They’re essentially jumping the taxi queue, even though there isn’t a formal queue, more like a mutual understanding among party people as to who was there first.
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Hear, Hear ! I totally agree, the ‘UpCab’ happens all over Australia and it’s rude. For the most part, people in general are great when they are out partying, but come the end of the night, the manners go out the window when it’s time to get a cab.
But another thing that would help fix the late night transport problem in Sydney is putting an end to the “3am change over” especially on weekends, long weekends and major events.
Peltroniks of Baulkham Hills, NSW.
It’s supoosed to be: first in, first out. However, if you do are in a hurry for a cab, asking the person who’s first in line if you can cut in is usually the proper way.
Also, the taxi driver is supposed to enforce this but they don’t, especially if they think the other people waiting are too drunk or decrepit.
CA of Sydney
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