Author Archives: Suzette

This is the first time that the Australian Bravery Decorations have been announced on National Wattle Day (1 September). The Wattle Day Association is absolutely delighted with the news.

Join in the celebration of Australia’s National Wattle Day. Get together with your family and friends on the weekend before Monday 1 September.. There are so many ways to enjoy this unifying celebration through the bright uplifting wattle blossom.  Check out more than 100 ways to celebrate!  

‘Wonderful Wattles’ exhibition launched in Grenfell NSW at the Grenfell Art Gallery. Don’t miss out on this wonderful exhibition (25 July – 3 September 2025) at the Grenfell Art Gallery of prints, paintings, drawings, sculptures, memorabilia, photographs and more. Celebrate National Wattle Day (Mon. 1 September 2025) visiting this exciting exhibition.      

Australia’s first self-drive wattle trails are being launched on Friday 22 August 2025. Date & Time: 11:30 am to 4:30 pm Friday, 22 August 2025 Venue: Grenfell Community Hub, 88 Main Street, Grenfell Questions: Melanie Cooper, weddinlandcare@outlook.com or 0417 963 475 Located around Grenfell NSW, three trails have been mapped out to showcase natural roadside populations of the region’s 30 local wattle species. […]

Cheryl Fuller (Mayor of Central Coast Council Tasmania and a member of the Wattle Day Association) took the opportunity to present Her Excellency the Honourable Ms Sam Mostyn AC with a wattle bouquet at a civic reception in Devonport during her recent trip to Tasmania. This wattle bouquet has a particularly special meaning as Her […]

Her Excellency the Honourable Ms Sam Mostyn AC launched the new exhibition on 26 May 2025: ‘Reflection: 50th Anniversary of the Honours and Awards System’ at the Royal Australian Mint. This exhibition is a must-see for recipients of Australian honours and awards, coin and medallion collectors and lovers of Stuart Devlin’s designs and master craftsmanship. […]

The Wattle Day Association Inc. has great pleasure in announcing that the Governor-General of Australia, Her Excellency the Honourable Ms Sam Mostyn AC, Governor-General of Australia, has formally accepted the role of Patron of the organisation. This is the first appointment of a patron in the nearly 27-year history of the association, incorporated in the […]

  Let’s get the politics out of our national celebrations, so that every single one of us can embrace National Wattle Day!🙂 To do that the work, the Wattle Day Association needs to get bigger and do more; any donations would help us to do that. Your donations will be used to: *Raise and sell […]

Plant your own shade for the summers to come. You won’t have to wait long to feel the difference if you plant a wattle tree. For example, the Australia’s floral emblem – Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) – can grow 1-1.5 m each year. It will start flowering flowering after three years in the spring, and […]