Today is Australia Day marking the day in 1788 when Europeans landed at Sydney Cove to commence European settlement of the continent.
Awards in the Order of Australia are announced this day and of interest to gay men this year is the awarding of an AM (Member of the Order of Australia) to Peter Travis (now aged 80) who created Speedos in 1961. He is pictured above on Bondi Beach with the Speedo bathing suit modelled by his nephew Jamie Travis.
Country singer Lee Kernaghan was named 2008 Australian of the Year and world MotoGP champion Casey Stoner was named Young Australian of the Year.
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