Easter in Australia is a grand celebration. In Australia, Easter is celebrated with public holidays, church service, rabbit, eggs and lots of fun. Easter is observed with sound traditions and great fanfare. Smallest continent and also the sixth largest country, Australia is land where people of different cultures live. Australia is blessed with diversity f natural treasures. People of Australia are fun loving and carefree. They love to celebrate each festival with great fervor and also imbibe its unique native elements in the celebrations.

The Christian churches follow the Easter Christian calendar. This calendar starts at Shrove Tuesday and ends with Whitsun. Easter Sunday is observed 50 days before the Whitsun. Good Friday is observed as the day of mourning and on the Easter Sunday, churches are decorated with flowers to honor the resurrection of Jesus.

Easter symbol, Easter bunny is very important part of Easter celebrations in Australia. People love to prepare and eat chocolate Easter eggs on the Easter day celebrations. On the Easter Sunday, Easter bunny delivers the chocolate Easter eggs to children. Many organizations sell tickets in raffle for Easter eggs baskets to raise the funds.

Bunnies are not liked by the local population in Australia because they damage the agricultural crops to great extent. In 1991, an anti-rabbit campaign was started to replace the Easter bunny symbol with Easter Bilby symbol. Bilby is a small rodent which is native endangered species of Australia. With long nose and large years, it looks like rabbit.

Australia’s largest annual event, The Sydney Easter Show reflects the sights of rich heritage of Australia. This show depicts from bushman culture to modern day city cultures. The venue of this annual event is Sydney Olympic Park. This annual extravaganza is held for two weeks including Easter long weekend.

There are many other cultural events are held throughout the different cities of Australia; like National Folk Festival in Canberra, the Australian Gospel Music Festival in Queensland and Blues & Roots Festival at Byron Bay in northern New South Wales.