I was born, and I have been living in it for more than 50 years.
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There are people who think the island of Australia is a lonely place, but the peace of Australia allows for joy to live here.
Australian history has been full of convict oppression, rebellions, gold rushes, bushrangers, ill-fated explorers, heroic campaigns and unpopular wars.
There is massive curiosity among Australians about why we have got to be the way we are. There is a fascination about the inhuman depths we have reached as a nation. An amazement at the complexity of skill and nostalgia of behaviour we think we probably enjoyed.
Australia has a long list of national achievements. There is a political, social and sporting history where we have transformed many ordinary people into legends.
I grew up remembering the television adverts of Paul Hogan saying put a shrimp on the barbecue filmed under the Sydney Harbour Bridge. And Sam Kekovich is asking us to eat loin chops on the barbie for Australia Day.
Australians support each other; we respond generously to these needs when bushfires and floods occur. For these reasons, I love Australia and wouldn’t change it any other way.
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