The thought arose whilst I was working at the hospital this morning and noticed from the patients' television that the Moomba Festival Parade was being held in Melbourne. What! Not another Melbourne holiday, I thought. And here we hard working (read mercenary) Sydneysiders are hard at it without a Festival, Show day or Cup day holiday on our annual schedule.
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| (Herald-Sun Photo. No, not Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras but Melbourne's 2012 Moomba Parade) |
My 'holier than thou' thoughts were immediately undermined when I discovered that Melbourne's holiday was not in fact a Festival holiday but Labour Day. Sydney has a Labour Day too but ours is in October.
Nevertheless Sydney does not have a Cup Day holiday unlike Melbourne (and Adelaide which holidayed today too) nor do we have a Show Day holiday (unlike Brisbane's 'Ecka' Day and parts of Tasmania also on holiday today) nor a Sydney Day (unlike Canberra whose 'day' was the excuse for a holiday today as well).
What terrible planning on the part of Sydney's founding parents.
I laboured on Labour Day, admittedly for decent money. That creep Kennett took away our Show Day holiday and the Tuesday after easter for many. What about WA with their Foundation Day! But are public holidays so useful to Sydneysiders? All they do in their spare time is lie on the beach. They need to get some culture, like seeing the Moomba Parade.
ReplyDeleteYes Andrew, I imagine there was plenty of culture in the Moomba parade.
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