Australia Day

Australia Day celebrations will be held in Camden on Friday 26 January 2024.

Program

Camden Council will mark Australia Day on Friday 26 January 2024 with pre-parade roving entertainment and the ever so popular Macarthur Lions Street Parade in Camden.

8.30am - 9am	Thanksgiving Prayer	Camden Civic Centre
9 – 11am	Pre-Parade roaming entertainment	Argyle Street, Camden
	Free Australian hand wave flags
	Free Australian themed temporary tattoos
10 – 11am	Macarthur Lions street parade	Argyle Street, Camden
11.15am - 12:30pm	Australia Day Awards and Citizenship Ceremony (Invite Only)	Camden Civic Centre

Macarthur Lions Street Parade

If you would like to participate in the Macarthur Lions Street Parade, contact Ted Gillroy at elgillroy@gmail.com to register your details.

Australia Day Awards

Nominations for the 2024 Australia Day Awards have now closed. Winners of the Australia Day Awards will be announced at the Australia Day Awards Ceremony on Friday 26 January 2024.

For more information, please contact events@camden.nsw.gov.au

Parking and Traffic

Parking restrictions, clearways and road closures will be in place from 7am on Friday 26 January.

Item	Time	Location
Full closures	7am–11am 7am–11am 7am-11am	Argyle Street between Mitchell Street and John Street John Street between Argyle Street and Mitchell Street Onslow Oval Access Road (off Mitchell Street) between Cawdor Road and Oxley Street
Soft closures (local access only)	7am–3pm	Mitchell Street between Onslow Oval and John Street Oxley Street between Mitchell Street and Argyle Street Cawdor Road between Barsden Street and the Onslow Oval Access Road John Street between Broughton Street and Argyle Street
Detours	7am–3pm	Camden Valley Way at Macarthur Road Camden Bypass at the Old Hume Highway
Roads re-open	3pm	ALL locations Times are approximate. Roads will open when deemed safe to do so.

Download the road closure and parking map here.

Wet Weather

In the event of inclement weather, updates will be posted on Council's Facebook page.

Photo Release and Release Statement

By entering the event space you understand and give permission for Camden Council to stream, capture and/or record as well as use, reproduce and publish any photographs or other forms of media taken of yourself/your child during this event/activity.

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You understand and agree that Camden Council cannot be held responsible for any external media or social media outlets reproducing the photographs/footage captured by Camden Council.