St Patricks Day Down Under, a little different, but not really!
Daragh | March 16, 2009Going to bend the rules here slightly, but, it’s St Patrick’s Day (in Oz already!) so that’s my excuse, and I’ll mention Dublin somewhere, promise!!
Attended the Paddy’s Day Parade here in Brisbane at the weekend, along with the younger brother and best mate. I was actually surprised by just how many people turned out (there were estimates of 30,000, which knocks the socks off London’s 10,000) and how good everything was. It was a nice balmy autumns day, temp hovering around the late 20′s and the sun shining and everyone out in shorts, not quite your typical Paddy’s day!!
There was a good mix of Aussie’s, Paddy’s and just about every other nation in the world around town to watch the parade too! St Patrick himself even turned up for the occasion, and in true Aussie style, traveled on the back of a ‘Ute’
But, just to remind us that we are Irish, and to ensure that we don’t miss home too much, about 10 minutes into the parade, the sky opened and the rain began! Now, being Irish we’re well used to rain, however, rain in Queensland is slightly different (warmer and a hell of a lot heavier) than anything we’re used to back in Ireland.
However, the bands marched on, and everyone continued to have a fantastic time. More photos below and at this link. Hope everyone, no matter what part of the world that they are in today has a fantastic day.
LOL these are great pics Darragh, I was jealous until I saw the rain and sorry but I laughed. Nice to get a little reminder from home eh? Hope you had a good one
Ta! It’s actually been so good to have rain here the past few days, we haven’t had any in a very long time, and that, combined with some nice storms have taken a sting out of the heat and humidity. It’s such a nice feeling to stand out in the warmth with those really, really big heavy drops falling on you! See, just over a year out of Ireland and I’m not longing for rain at times!
Feeling homesick for the parade in Sydney today. Colder here although not a bad day in Dublin
Thanks for lovely pics.
We had such good weather it was amazing!
Sorry you got OUR RAIN!