With Australia Day just around the corner we’d love to hear what you’re upto to celebrate – no doubt there will be several fancy dress costumes amongst the celebrations.

Australia Day isn’t just a party and fancy dress fest, it is the anniversary of the arrival of the First Fleet of eleven convict ships from Great Britain and the raising of the Union Jack at Sydney Cove in 1788. Annually Australia is celebrated for its great achievements and also the exciting things to come.

Australia Day is a proud occassion for Australians all over the world. Many having parties, watching fireworks, donning their fancy dress costumes and just having a jolly good time. There are plenty of fancy dress ideas for Australia Day, such as the traditional cork fancy dress hat, or a safari explorer fancy dress costume. A classic fancy dress idea is going for a sunny, beach party fancy dress theme with Hawaiian shirts, plenty of fancy dress leis and a fancy dress beachcomber hat – sorted!