Shelly Craft is looking forward to An Australia Day beer after a charity paddle in Byron Bay AUSTRALIA Day is a day to celebrate our fabulous country and all that it has to offer. My Australia Day celebrations have taken many forms over the years, from attending the Australian Open, to being on Sydney Harbour, to the local park for a community celebration. It was a few years ago and I had the joy of seeing some of my friends accept their Australian citizenships in a ceremony on the Gold Coast. Shelley Craft will be celebrating Australia Day in Byron Bay. That made me so proud to be an Aussie and it humbled me that people from another country would want to call themselves Australian too. Australia Day is at ours in Byron Bay this year. We'll have friends and family over for a BBQ after the Australia Day paddle from Wategos to Main Beach to raise money for Byron charities. I think I would have earned a cold beer after that! Sydney Thunder skipper Mike Hussey takes a historical view of Australia Day. Cricketer Mike Hussey When I think of Australia Day I think if the first fleet coming to Australia and the challenges they faced in settling our great country. As a kid growing up in Perth I used to spend Australia Day with family and relatives at the beach during the day before returning home for a BBQ and plenty of backyard cricket. As night fell I would love catching up with mates and heading into the city to line the river foreshore and wait for the fireworks display that would light up the Perth sky. Once I started playing cricket for Australia, we always had a game in Adelaide on Australia Day. The boys were always up for the contest and the whole of Adelaide seemed to be at the ground making plenty of noise especially after a rousing rendition of the national anthem before the match. I think Australia Day is a day to remember our history and the day to celebrate with family and friends just how lucky we are to live in such a great country. Scott Cam gives Australia Day two thumbs up. Block host Scott Cam I consider Australia Day to be one of the most important in my calendar because I love Australian history and am so proud of the terrific country we're all so lucky to call home. I usually celebrate the day by enjoying a few beers, a BBQ and a hit of cricket with friends. I'd have to say that this year will be among my most memorable Australia Days because it's the final day of filming on The Block Fans v Faves and I'm looking forward to a break. After we finish filming, I'm planning on having a BBQ in St Kilda. Madeleine West loves that we have a public holiday to celebrate our own fabulousness. Fat Tony & Co actress Madeleine West Australia Day to me is all about pausing to ponder the wondrousness of living in a country that sees fit to declare a national public holiday purely to celebrate its own fabulousness. So Aussie! My memories of great Australia Days evoke the stinging sunburn from a day at the local pool or bobbing about in black inner-tubes on Lake Eppalock. The sweet stickiness of raspberry Icy Poles melting down fingers and t-shirts. Shimmering eucalyptus haze hanging heavy over the mount, the deep drone of blowies and lawnmowers, the sharp perfume of fresh cut grass. Sausages sizzles, the sudden slide into evening as the Triple J Top 100 reaches its zenith. The cool sting of Aerogard on tender skin before swinging screen doors release us into the twilight neighbourhood to ramble with all the kids on the street. Then bunk beds and slumber beckon, a half-open window permitting a sweet breeze and the lullaby of that secret adult laughter that comes of barbecues, beer and banana lounges, soothing us to sleep. In that great Australian tradition, the best Australia Days are those you don't plan, but just go with the flow. I was never a girl guide but I like to be prepared so am stocking up on the three 'B's' crucial to any decent Australia D: Barbecue goods, beverages and Breaking Bad box sets ... actually, I had best add a fourth: Berocca!