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Hop along to a bonza breakfast mate!

Hundreds of sausages, bacon and eggs are on order as preparations for breakfast down under style get underway.

The 19^th annual Great Australian Breakfast, which celebrates Lincoln’s twinning with Port Lincoln in Australia, will take place on Sunday 24^th January at the Lawn on Union Road, Lincoln.

From 8.30am, the Mayor of Lincoln will be joined by members of the City of Lincoln Council, BBC Lincolnshire presenters, BBC Look North weather presenter Sarah Cruddas, civic dignitaries and Gillian Merron, MP, amongst others, to dish up breakfast to all that go along.

Anyone with an Australian passport will get their grub for free.  For everyone else, tickets are £4 for adults and £2.50 for children, with all proceeds split equally between the official charities of the Mayor of Lincoln, the Lincolnshire Echo and BBC Lincolnshire.

Local shops, businesses and organisations have donated all of the food on offer.  Bacon and sausages have been donated by Curtis’ of Lincoln, eggs by Noble foods, hot drinks and fruit juice by R and J Leisure, milk by Lincoln Co-operative and breakfast rolls by Cooke-Connell.

As ever, the Australian Breakfast will be packed full of entertainment.  The City of Lincoln Band will officially declare the start by playing the Australian national anthem, and will provide music throughout the day, along with Ploughman’s Bunch and the Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Concert Band.  Diners will also encounter a stilt walker, a clown and a magician before their meal is over.

At 10.30am BBC Lincolnshire will perform a live link-up between England and Australia and the Mayor of Lincoln will speak to the Mayor of Port Lincoln, Australia.

The Right Worshipful, the Mayor of Lincoln, Councillor David Gratrick, said: The Great Australian Breakfast is always very popular because it’s good fun and is a fantastic way to celebrate our twinning with Port Lincoln, in the same week as Australia Day.  

"The entertainment programme is sure to be popular, and I would urge everyone to arrive early to get their fill!"

Once breakfast is over, the Walkabout shop from Stamford will be selling Australian gifts, food and clothes.  Mayor’s chauffeur Keith Prescott, one of the photography finalists for the BBC Countryfile calendar will be displaying and selling his wildlife photography and the Lincoln Walkabout pub will dish out some Australian surprises.

There will also be a raffle with some great prizes, including a signed shirt, kindly donated by Lincoln City Football Club.

Article Published: 15/01/2010

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