{"id":1647,"date":"2018-01-25T04:41:59","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T04:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themooraboolnews.com.au\/?p=1647"},"modified":"2024-02-02T17:15:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T06:15:45","slug":"australia-day-in-moorabool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/australia-day-in-moorabool\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia Day in Moorabool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Kate Taylor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t get much more Australian then scorching heat, a barbecue breakfast, and Father Bob Maguire<\/p>\n<p>Australia Day festivities for Moorabool are set to kick off before the heat kicks in on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Starting from 8am with a barbeque breakfast, Ballan will play home to this year\u2019s event with the Mechanics\u2019 Institute hosting a range of events.<\/p>\n<p>The awards will, of course, feature, with some very worthy locals set to be recognised in a multitude of categories \u2013 keep an eye out for next week\u2019s (30 January) edition of Moorabool News for the winners.<\/p>\n<p>A citizenship ceremony as well as an affirmation ceremony are set to be held at the Institute also, but it\u2019s Moorabool\u2019s Australia Day Ambassador, Father Bob Maguire, who is set to prove a highlight for the day.<\/p>\n<p>Locals are encouraged to come along to the event, starting from 8am.<\/p>\n<p>Awards to be announced will be: Community Event of the Year; Young Citizen of the Year; Citizen of the Year and the Mayoral Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kate Taylor You can\u2019t get much more Australian then scorching heat, a barbecue breakfast, and Father Bob Maguire Australia Day festivities for Moorabool are set to kick off before the heat kicks in on Friday. Starting from 8am with a barbeque breakfast, Ballan will play home to this year\u2019s event with the Mechanics\u2019 Institute [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/australia-day-in-moorabool\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":24997,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-1647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Australia Day in Moorabool - The Moorabool News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/australia-day-in-moorabool\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Australia Day in Moorabool - The Moorabool News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Kate Taylor You can\u2019t get much more Australian then scorching heat, a barbecue breakfast, and Father Bob Maguire Australia Day festivities for Moorabool are set to kick off before the heat kicks in on Friday. Starting from 8am with a barbeque breakfast, Ballan will play home to this year\u2019s event with the Mechanics\u2019 Institute [...]Read More...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/australia-day-in-moorabool\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Moorabool News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-01-25T04:41:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-02T06:15:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/01\/download-1-2-640x243-1.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"243\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lachlan Ellis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lachlan Ellis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/australia-day-in-moorabool\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/australia-day-in-moorabool\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lachlan Ellis\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bfbc5a1c6baaf34dd181f21c64f18302\"},\"headline\":\"Australia Day in Moorabool\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-25T04:41:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-02T06:15:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/australia-day-in-moorabool\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":177,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/australia-day-in-moorabool\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/28\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/download-1-2-640x243-1.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/australia-day-in-moorabool\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/australia-day-in-moorabool\\\/\",\"name\":\"Australia Day in Moorabool - The Moorabool News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/australia-day-in-moorabool\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/australia-day-in-moorabool\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/28\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/download-1-2-640x243-1.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-25T04:41:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-02T06:15:45+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/australia-day-in-moorabool\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/australia-day-in-moorabool\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/australia-day-in-moorabool\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/28\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/download-1-2-640x243-1.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/28\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/download-1-2-640x243-1.jpeg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":243},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/australia-day-in-moorabool\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Australia Day in Moorabool\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Moorabool News\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Moorabool News\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/28\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/MooraboolNews-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/28\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/MooraboolNews-logo.png\",\"width\":1089,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"The Moorabool News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bfbc5a1c6baaf34dd181f21c64f18302\",\"name\":\"Lachlan Ellis\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4b8766ff6263c9ffb6ec80f89efea9b7a992bc23f7fd86445d569b0e6b510f3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4b8766ff6263c9ffb6ec80f89efea9b7a992bc23f7fd86445d569b0e6b510f3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4b8766ff6263c9ffb6ec80f89efea9b7a992bc23f7fd86445d569b0e6b510f3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Lachlan Ellis\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/author\\\/lachlanellis\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Australia Day in Moorabool - The Moorabool News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/australia-day-in-moorabool\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Australia Day in Moorabool - The Moorabool News","og_description":"By Kate Taylor You can\u2019t get much more Australian then scorching heat, a barbecue breakfast, and Father Bob Maguire Australia Day festivities for Moorabool are set to kick off before the heat kicks in on Friday. Starting from 8am with a barbeque breakfast, Ballan will play home to this year\u2019s event with the Mechanics\u2019 Institute [...]Read More...","og_url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/australia-day-in-moorabool\/","og_site_name":"The Moorabool News","article_published_time":"2018-01-25T04:41:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-02-02T06:15:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":243,"url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/01\/download-1-2-640x243-1.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Lachlan Ellis","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lachlan Ellis","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/australia-day-in-moorabool\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/australia-day-in-moorabool\/"},"author":{"name":"Lachlan Ellis","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/#\/schema\/person\/bfbc5a1c6baaf34dd181f21c64f18302"},"headline":"Australia Day in Moorabool","datePublished":"2018-01-25T04:41:59+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-02T06:15:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/australia-day-in-moorabool\/"},"wordCount":177,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/australia-day-in-moorabool\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/01\/download-1-2-640x243-1.jpeg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/australia-day-in-moorabool\/","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/australia-day-in-moorabool\/","name":"Australia Day in Moorabool - The Moorabool News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/australia-day-in-moorabool\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/australia-day-in-moorabool\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/01\/download-1-2-640x243-1.jpeg","datePublished":"2018-01-25T04:41:59+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-02T06:15:45+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/australia-day-in-moorabool\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/australia-day-in-moorabool\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/australia-day-in-moorabool\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/01\/download-1-2-640x243-1.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/01\/download-1-2-640x243-1.jpeg","width":640,"height":243},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/australia-day-in-moorabool\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Australia Day in Moorabool"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/","name":"The Moorabool News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/#organization","name":"The Moorabool News","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/01\/MooraboolNews-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/01\/MooraboolNews-logo.png","width":1089,"height":400,"caption":"The Moorabool News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/#\/schema\/person\/bfbc5a1c6baaf34dd181f21c64f18302","name":"Lachlan Ellis","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b8766ff6263c9ffb6ec80f89efea9b7a992bc23f7fd86445d569b0e6b510f3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b8766ff6263c9ffb6ec80f89efea9b7a992bc23f7fd86445d569b0e6b510f3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b8766ff6263c9ffb6ec80f89efea9b7a992bc23f7fd86445d569b0e6b510f3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Lachlan Ellis"},"url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/author\/lachlanellis\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1647"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=1647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}