<P> The Christian festivals of Easter and Christmas are public holidays in Australia . Christmas Day, 25 December, falls during the Southern Hemisphere summer . </P> <P> Labour Day is also a public holiday, but on different days throughout the nation . The Queen's Birthday is generally observed on the second Monday in June, except in Western Australia, where it usually is observed in September or October to move it away from Western Australia Day . On the Queen's Birthday holiday, as on Australia Day, national awards are distributed to distinguished citizens for services to the community . </P> <P> Contemporary Australian cuisine combines British and indigenous origins with Mediterranean and Asian influences . Australia's abundant natural resources allow access to a large variety of quality meats, and to barbecue beef or lamb in the open air is considered a cherished national tradition . The great majority of Australians live close to the sea and Australian seafood restaurants have been listed among the world's best . </P> <P> Bush tucker refers to a wide variety of plant and animal foods native to the Australian bush: bush fruits such as kakadu plums, finger limes and desert quandongs; fish and shellfish of Australia's saltwater river systems; and bush meats including emu, crocodile and kangaroo . Many of these are still seasonally hunted and gathered by Indigenous Australians, and are undergoing a renaissance of interest on contemporary Australian menus . The macadamia nut is the most famous bushfood plant harvested and sold in large quantities . </P>

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