The Colours of Australia

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Have you ever wondered why Australian sporting teams wear green and gold? No, you reply. I thought so. The question was rhetorical really. Well in the time honoured tradition of rhetorical question askers (particularly elderly ones) I'm going to fill you in.

To put this in context, it is a general, but not binding, rule that the colours (OK, colors) of a country generally follow that of the national flag. For example the sportspeople of the USA (I am getting really good at this PC stuff now) generally have a red, white and blue motif, or even the flag itself. The English red and white, the French the tricolour, the Italians green, red and white, Bahrain red and white.......and the list goes on. However, the Australian flag, for the moment anyway, is good old red, white and blue. Our national colours are green and gold. Why? Well here is a clue. Riding down the Bylong Valley road last weekend I dismounted for a comfort stop and took these photos.







For more information to add to the trivia bank: [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_colours_of_Australia]Colours of Australia.

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