How Clubs Across the State are Celebrating Australia Day

Cabra-Vale Diggers

This Australia Day, Cabra-Vale Diggers has $2000 worth of prizes up for grabs in their raffle including meat trays and a barbeque. One lucky winner will even win an annual membership pass to Taronga Zoo for the whole family. Tickets go on sale from 1:30pm, with prizes to be drawn at 3pm. Bistro 1925 will be serving up lunch and dinner specials, while The Echoes and the American Roots Duo will be playing Aussie hits in the Ambrose Lounge from 12pm to 8pm. Click here more information.

Canterbury League Club

From 12pm until 2pm, Canterbury League Club will be hosting a ‘pat and chat’ style reptile show, with handler Brett Peters displaying one animal at a time — including lizards, snakes and even a crocodile. The Club’s eateries will all be open for lunch, too. Click here for more information.

Castle Hill RSL

On Australia Day, Castle Hill RSL is hosting live music from Dave Bleus in the Courtyard from 1pm to 4pm. There will also be free face painting for the kids, too. On Monday, 27 January there will also be a DJ and more face painting. Live sports are playing on the big screen all day and members can enjoy $6 Stone & Wood schooners. The Courtyard Kitchen will be serving up Aussie specials from 22 January to 29 January, such as surf & turf skewers, and the Courtyard Café will have Milo Tarts and Fairy Bread Lamingtons. Click here for more information.

Club Ashfield

Aussie tunes will be played by Back-to-Back Duo in the Club Lounge at Club Ashfield on Australia Day from 5pm to 9pm. The bistro will also feature specials such as a mixed grill plate with chicken skewers, rump steak, sausages, a choice of sauce, chips and salad for $30. Click here for more information.

Club Five Dock RSL

Club Five Dock RSL will be serving up Aussie food specials at Dock & Co from 12pm. There will also be a special live performance from Natalie Carboni. Click here for more information. 

Club Marconi

Club Marconi is serving up a BBQ in the courtyard from 12pm on January 26, with sausage sizzles and steak sandwiches available for $5.50. There will be plenty of live entertainment on offer throughout the day, as well as a special Australia Day raffle at 5:30pm. Click here for more information. 

Club Mudgee

There are not one, but two days of family fun planned for Australia Day at Club Mudgee. On Saturday, 25 January there’s Aussie-themed social bowls from 4pm. Players are encouraged to dress up as their favourite Aussie icon or character, with prizes for the best-dressed and the winners. There will also be music by Colin Yule which starts 6pm. On Sunday, 26 January there’s more local music with Dan Hull playing from 3pm. There’s also face painting and family games in the beer garden from 3pm and social bowls all day. Click here for more information.

Club Ryde

Club Ryde is offering a free “sausage sanga” for all members and guests from 2pm to 5pm. As well as a free snag, there will be free Aussie merch giveaways with every purchase and a DJ will also be spinning Aussie tunes on the greens from 4pm to 8pm. Click here for more information. 

Club Wyong 

An Australia Day raffle is happening Sunday, 26 January at Club Wyong. Tickets go on sale at 12:30pm and winners will be drawn from 2:00pm. Click here for more information.

Commercial Club Albury

For this Australia Day, Commercial Club Albury has two great performers singing Aussie songs, with Danny Phegan and Rod Vincent playing live on the morning. Tickets are $10 per member or $15 per non-member (12 years plus). Guests can also expect some comedy. Click here for more information. 

Cronulla RSL

There are plenty of fun activities and promotions happening on Australia Day at Cronulla RSL, including a thong throwing competition, a pie eating contest, a lamington eating challenge and plenty of barbeque specials including $15 meat skewers. Festivities kick off at 10am and there will also be the Sutherland Shire Council Australia Day Concert in the Park telecast showing. Click here for more information.

Dapto Leagues Club

Dapto Leagues Club is holding an "Aussie Spirit Raffle” on Thursday, 23 January with over $3,500 worth of barbeque meat and seafood, gift cards, and an outdoor cinema to be won. Tickets go on sale at 5:30pm and the draw starts at 6:30pm. For more information, click here.

Edgeworth Sport and Rec Club 

Edgeworth Sport and Rec Club is hosting a Pooches Parade, which is free to enter. The festivities of Australia Day will start at 10am with the dog parade starting at 11am, with prize presentations at 12pm. Members and guests can also enjoy a jukebox, sausage sizzle, and there will be a can bar on the green. Click here for more information.

Epping Club

Guests can win great prizes just for swiping their membership card on Australia Day at Epping Club. There’s also Koala Kash Bingo and $250 Bluey Trivia planned. The Club is kicking off the weekend with the Great Aussie Surf N Turf Raffle on Friday, 24 January (on sale from 6pm and drawn from 7pm) and on Sunday, 26 January $5.50 Sydney Beer Co Schooners will be served all day long. Plus, the team in 45 On Rawson are proud to present a weekend only special of an Australia Day Feast for Two ($78) with slow-roasted lamb shoulder served with roast potatoes and vegies, finished with a lamington cake with fresh cream. Click here for more information.

Everglades Country Club

Members and guests at Everglades Country Club can enjoy a super Sunday meat raffle and win sizzling summer prizes to celebrate Australia Day. Prizes include a beach cricket set, an esky, a beach tent, an inflatable kayak, a tub of Vegemite, beer and of course meat trays. Click here for more information.

Grafton District Services

Colourful, Aussie-themed cocktails will be on the menu at Grafton District Services. For $50 the Club is offering a package of amazing cocktails with a tasty grazing platter to enjoy. Adam Hourigan is playing live music from 6pm. Click here for more information. 

Granville Diggers Club

Australia Day at Granville Diggers will feature a meat raffle and the Club is also giving away $1500 in Australia Day-themed prizes. Click here for more information.

Lantern Club

MàZi restaurant at the Lantern Club is serving up Aussie menu specials from Friday, 24 January to Monday, 27 January 2025 — including lamb and rosemary sausages with peas, creamy mash potato and caramelised onion gravy; and lamb rump with roasted potatoes, carrots and greens with mint salsa verde and jus. There’s also traditional Aussie lamingtons with jam and fresh cream. There will also be free live music on 26 January from 11:30am to 3pm. Click here for more information.

Lightning Ridge District Bowling Club

An Australia Day raffle is happening at Lightning Ridge District Bowling Club, with tickets on sale from 12pm. There will also be live music and a waterslide! Click here for more information. 

Mingara

Australia Day at Mingara has Electric Mayhem providing entertainment from 1pm to 5pm in Hadley’s, which will also be serving up great food specials. Down in Legends Taphouse, there will be a free sausage sizzle and barefoot bowls from 12pm to 4pm. Click here for more information.

Mounties

Australia Day at Mounties will feature a free sausage sizzle from 12pm with entertainment from the Kamis. There will also be free children's entertainment from 6pm, while Xanthe is playing tunes from 7.30pm. The Australian Open semi-final will also be shown from 8pm. Click here for more information. 

Oak Flats Bowling Club

The amazing OZ Icons band, featuring Wayne Pearce and Mike Whitney, will be rocking the stage live at Oak Flats Bowling Club on Australia Day. Wave FM's Deano Kesby will be spinning some tunes too while Jade Tonta will be the host for the day. The BBQ will be going and there will be tonnes of fun activities for the whole family including a kids movie showing at 3pm. Guests will also enjoy an outdoor bar, a messy maker’s craft station, face painting, balloon twisting and other lawn games. Click here for more information.

Padstow RSL 

Padstow RSL will be holding a pie-eating competition — $5 entry, winner takes all. The Club will also be hosting a free sausage sizzle, a meat raffle and live music from an Australiana bush band. Click here for more information.

Riverstone Schofields Memorial Club

To kick off Australia Day, Riverstone Schofields Memorial Club is treating all members to their first drink on the house. From 9pm, Party Latte will be performing hits — from Elvis to ABBA, Beatles to Beyonce, Bruno Mars to Justin Timberlake and more. Click here for more information. 

Ryde-Eastwood Leagues Club

There are three nights of Aussie hits being played at Ryde Eastwood Leagues for the Australia Day long weekend. On Friday, 24 January there will be Ryde Retro Nights with Aussie hits playing on the dance floor. On Saturday night, the AC/DC vs Midnight Oil Live Show will be rocking hits (tickets are $30). On Sunday, members and guests can enjoy the Aussie Outback Family Day with a petting zoo and face painting from 1pm to 3pm. There will also be an acoustic act that evening playing Aussie hits. Later in the day, there will be a $2000 Australia Day raffle, not to mention food specials such as a bacon and egg pizza. Click here for more information.

Taren Point Bowling Club

From 2pm, the Club will be hosting live music from Trevor Rogers, while raffle tickets will be available from 4pm and drawn from 5:30pm — offering guests the opportunity to win exciting prizes including a BBQ, an esky, meat trays and seafood trays. Click here for more information.

The Doylo

Australia Day will be a good one for sports fans in Ready's at the Doylo. With live music from 3pm and summer beats from 6pm, there will also be $29 cocktail jugs and one kilogram of wings for $20 to fuel up guests before they have a hit at cricket or pool in SportsPlus. Click here for more information. 

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