A friend has come up with what may possibly be the best imaginable excuse to host a large party, ever. Pity it's right in my middle of my frantic thesis-writing.
You may or may not be aware that on the 8th of August, which is next Tuesday Australia is having a census. And everyone who is in the country on this night is required to fill out a census form wherever they happen to be on that particular night.
In celebration of this quinquennial event, we would like to host a Census Party!! And then we can impress the ABS with our wide range of inhabitants this evening. The more nationalities and religions and names we can get the better, so come along for a cosy census party. I'm pretty sure, from my research on the ABS website, that it is only where you are in the evening, and certainly not after midnight that counts. If anyone feels like having a baby at our house (before midnight) that would be fun too, then we could put it on the census form.
Anyone who speaks 3 or more languages is particularly welcome, and if you know any Zoroastrians or Druse people they also recieve a special invitation.
This is a momentus party not to be missed, going down in the records of our nation!