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Madam Roo and Baby Joey wishes Happy ANZAC Day to all!

ANZAC Day falls tomorrow. Public holidays, woohooo! It's supposed to last till Monday (holidays I mean), but I'm not sure. *fingers crossed* So I won't have to skip class and feel guilty about it. So what IS ANZAC Day, you ask? It's an Australian national holiday which marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the World War I. ANZAC, therefore, stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. Needless to say, I didn't know that either. I had to google it. =D

"THERE'LL be at least one pub with no beer on Anzac Day in Australia.

The Cocos-Keeling Islands have run out of the golden ale because of an irregular shipping arrangement for general supplies.

Kylie James, manager of West Island's community-owned, non-profit Cocos Club said: ``To have no beer to serve on Anzac Day is very un-Australian''.

She and other islanders had asked the Federal Attorney-General's Department to intervene before the holiday.

The department has responsibility for the Australian territory which lies about 2800 km north-west of Perth.

In the short-term, the islanders want beer shipped over and then for the Government to impose some sort of structure to make future shipping supplies more regular.

But the Government this week refused to bail the island out with beer.

The Attorney-General's Department has implemented arrangements to facilitate additional essential supplies being forwarded to the island,'' a statement from the Government said.

"A special emergency freight plane was commissioned to supply essential staple food items, this includes flour, rice, milk and the like."

"Beer does not qualify for this category." ''

Never did realise how smart Australian government is, huh?