Australia Day Regatta - Sea fog fails to dampen a great anniversary

12:24 PM Wed 26 Jan 2011 GMT

'175th Australia Day Regatta' Andrea Francolini

The 175th Australia Day Regatta, sailed into the nation?s history today when more than 160 harbour racing yachts, classic yachts, ocean racers and modern and historical skills celebrated this remarkable yachting anniversary on Sydney Harbour. The regatta is the world?s oldest, continuously-conducted annual sailing regatta, a celebration of the arrival in 19788 of the First Fleet to found the penal colony that eventually became the great Commonwealth of Australia. The Regatta was the centrepiece of Australia Day celebrations on Sydney Harbour, with other aquatic, dockside and aerial events adding colour to the National Day. A feature ashore was the many ...

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by Peter Campbell