16/08/2026
Join us for an American Labor Day Picnic, Fun Run or Fun Walk & some Kickball!
🇺🇸 BASIC INFO
Adults only. Free. BYO drinks & picnic items. Everyone’s welcome so don’t just invite your American friends.
~ 12pm meet at Prince Alfred Park, drop-off your picnic items
~ 12:15pm both the Fun Run & Fun Walk commence and both will return around 1pm. Fun Run is approx 5km through beautiful Blackwattle Bay. Fun Walk is a very social & semi-guided tour of Surry Hills/Redfern. For those who just want to picnic, show up anytime from noon onwards and skip the run or the walk.
~ 1pm onwards Picnic, Kickball and lots of socializing.
🇺🇸 MORE INFO
~ Finding us: see map with pin of our approx location which will be in the Southern half of the park (inside the ‘Equality Green’). Look for stars & stripes and listen for familiar accents.
~ We’ll bring buckets & ice for drinks & a couple cases of Coors.
~ Prince Alfred Park has public restrooms
🇺🇸 YOUR VOTE COUNTS 🗳
We’re teaming up with our friends from Vote from Abroad and Democrats Abroad for this one. While the day is purely about fun, we also want to raise awareness among the U.S expat community about registering to vote.
Midterms are coming up and registering through the proper channel is the ONLY way to make your vote count so please make sure you register at https://vote.gov/
