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Tim Tam Breakfasts, The Big Big Mac & more – here's what everyone is doing for Australia Day

Mate, nothing gets more Aussie than driving for hours on end just to take a lousy pic next to a ginormous statue of a fruit or farm animal. Unless of course, you do it on Australia Day and the large statue happens to be a Big Big Mac.

Mate, nothing gets more Aussie than driving for hours on end just to take a lousy pic next to a ginormous statue of a fruit or farm animal. Unless of course, you do it on Australia Day and the large statue happens to be a Big Big Mac.

Yep a Big Big Mac, like the Big Banana but a huge, towering, multi-layered, deliciously unhealthy burger.

WTF?

That’s just one of the many plans travel businesses – locally and internationally – have planned to bring the Aussie spirit to life tomorrow on Australia Day.

Others, such as Travelodge are turning the god-sent Tim Tam into a Nutella-like breakfast spread while Vail in the US is bringing Aussie wildlife to the snow.

Here’s what else travel companies have planned for Australia Day in 2017:

 

1. Kangaroo in the snow

Kangaroo & Snow

Vail and Park City will celebrate Australia Day on the slopes with Australian flags and inflatable kangaroos adorning Sarge’s Deck at the Mid-Vail Restaurant.

A DJ will be spinning tunes all arvo (11.00AM – 2.00PM) long; and for Australia Day only, Aussie food favourites will be served as part of a limited edition menu: meat pies, sausage sandwiches (with grilled onions), Aussie burgers (complete with a fried egg and a slice pineapple) and potato wedges with sour cream and chili sauce; in addition to everyone’s favourite chocolate bickies, Tim Tams.

Beer will be free for anyone 21years+ with a valid Australian passport and for the young-ones there’ll be stickers to help celebrate.

Park City will be lighting up both base areas for Australia Day – fitting for the largest ski resort in the United States, don’t you reckon?

 

2. Tim Tam Toast? H3ll yeah!

Travelodge

Tim Tams – yes! But Tim Tam Toast… what?

Travelodge is celebrating Australia Day by turning Australia’s favourite treat, the Tim Tam, into toast.

The one-off breakfast was created by Travelodge’s Executive Chef and will see guests enjoy thick toast with a Tim Tam infused chocolately spread – so like Nutella but Tim Tam. It will be available at select hotels – Travelodge Wynyard, Travelodge Perth and Travelodge Docklands – across the country and only on 26 January.

Non-Travelodge guests will also be treated on the national holiday, with the hotel brand offering Tim Tam Toast to non-guests, who are always welcome for breakfast at Travelodge Hotels.

 

3. The Big bloody Big Mac

Big Mac

Coming to Tamworth this Australia Day and standing eight-metres taller than the Big Mac in that woman’s hand is the Big Big Mac.

Playing on our country’s fascination with overly large fruits and farm animals, the big burger will be added to the Aussie map tomorrow in the agricultural hub of Tamworth, NSW.

Jo Feeney, Director of Marketing at Macca’s, says “With locally sourced beef, lettuce, pickles and wheat, it’s our homegrown ingredients that help make the Big Mac an Aussie favourite. We think the Down Under Big Big Mac is a fitting way to say thanks to our Aussie farmers and suppliers in Australia.”

Those in Tamworth will be able to get a bite of the action, by heading to Waler Park (Kable Avenue) and snapping a pic with the ‘you-beaut’ monument on Australia Day.

 

4. G’Day from Shrek & the Royal Caribbean gang

Royal Caribbean

Royal Caribbean’s Australian-based fleet of five ships on 26 January are in for a boat load of true blue festivities, with Australia’s biggest cruise line chock full of Aussie food, drinks, music, games, parties and other special touches – making Australia Day onboard one to remember.

Bedecked in Australian flags and green and gold decorations, Sydney-based Ovation of the Seas, Voyager of the Seas, Explorer of the Seas and Radiance of the Seas and Brisbane-based Legend of the Seas will all celebrate in Royal Caribbean style.

During the day, there are family parties on the pool deck, complete with Belly Flop contests, BBQs and prizes for the best-dressed Aussie. For revellers who want to kick on into the night, there will be bands and DJ’s playing Aussie classics, such as John Farnham, INXS and Kylie Minogue – and, of course, “Waltzing Matilda”. Menus in Windjammer and the Main Dining rooms will be brimming with classic Aussie fare such as lamingtons, meat pies, prawn skewers, pavlova and lamb chops, plus some of Australia’s best-loved wine and beer.

As well, each of the ships will put their own special twist on the day’s celebrations. Ovation of the Seas, Australia’s newest, biggest and most modern ship, will hold cricket competitions in SeaPlex, the largest indoor active space at sea, Australian trivia in the Schooner Bar, a Sexiest Man Contest on the pool deck and a beach party in Two70, its immersive, multimedia entertainment venue.

Meanwhile, Explorer of the Seas will hold the Aussie Olympic Games, face-painting and Kangaroo Racing – sack-racing with an Aussie twist. Voyager of the Seas will host a Rock It! Australian dance party, Legend of the Seas has a thong-throwing competition and Aussie beer toss, and Radiance of the Seas will boast the “Largest Pavlova at Sea”.

 

5. Princess takes Aussie history to sea

Aussie History

Princess Cruises has created history with a new onboard exhibition showcasing major moments from Australia’s past.

The exhibition, titled Defining Moments in Australian History has been developed in partnership with the National Museum of Australia and will feature onboard the cruise line’s record fleet of five Australian-based ships until 2021.

Through public discussion, online resources and community events, the initial program at the Museum in Canberra identified 100 key defining moments in Australian history, including the opening of the Sydney Opera House, evidence of Indigenous Australians on this continent over 50,000 years ago and the formation of the children’s entertainment group The Wiggles.

Using existing content and images, the Museum then designed and produced 20 panels that provide an introduction to Australia and its people, for display on Princess’ ships.

These panels form part of the onboard exhibit, giving an overview of key events that define Australian history, along with several artifacts, exclusive to the Princess exhibition, which are on show for guests to view.  These include convict leg irons, a Dead Man’s Penny (memorial plaque) and Aboriginal stone tools.

What do you have planned for Australia Day this year?