January in Merimbula has been absolutely sensational, ending on a real high on Australia Day with our community's Australia Day Float.

This is a tradition that we think started in 1999 or thereabouts with just a few people and has since grown to thousands of people gathering at Merimbula bridge to jump in and follow the tide all the way to Spencer Park, where everyone gathers for a barbecue, games and celebrations of how lucky we are to live in this beautiful part of the world.

This year the float went all day as people followed the tide out at 6am, in at 1.30pm then out again at 5.30pm. We followed it along and created a reel on our Instagram and Facebook pages - if you haven't seen it already, check it out!!