Ausday

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Various fundraising events happen on Australia Day. One of the more unusual is the Australia Day Thong Challenge. (In Australia, a thong is a flip-flop worn on the foot.) The challenge raises money for the Nippers branch of the Surf Life Saving Club and involves thousands of people on beaches and in pools, rivers and dams on inflatable thongs.

The main symbols of Australia Day are the symbols of Australia. These include the Australian national flag, with its representations of the Union Jack, the Commonwealth Star and the five stars of the Southern Cross, and the national anthem "Advance Australia Fair". Other symbols include the Golden Wattle, which is the national floral emblem, the opal, which is the national gemstone and the national colors of green and gold.

On this day it is very popular to paint your face in Australian flag, as this picture demonstrates.