Red, white and sparkling wines will be available from the cellar door by the glass from $5.50 and by the bottle from $17. Beer, spirits, soft drinks and coffee can also be purchased. There are also wine tastings for $5 per person to sample six to eight wines.

Food on the cellar door menu will feature cheese and antipasto platters ($26.90), and meals priced between $14.90 to $22.90 including chicken Caesar salad, Moreton Bay whiting fillets with chips and salad, wood fired pizzas, nachos, red claw crayfish tails and spring rolls, and seafood basket.

The children’s menu includes kids nuggets, french fries and salad ($10.90), and also available will be a selection of gelato, plus cakes and scones with cream and jam. A 15per cent public holiday surcharge will apply on purchases on the day.

For more information, visit www.sirromet.com, or phone 3206 2999.

* TAKE a Sentimental Journey with Craig Shaw at the Redlands Sporting Club, Anson Road, Wellington Point. Meals include bushman’s bird, Aussie lamb shanks and Aussie burger. Raffle prizes will be drawn at 5pm.

* THERE’S plenty of variety in store at the Grand View Hotel at Cleveland Point from noon.

Stone the Crows bush band will perform from 11.30am to 3pm, with Shag Rock playing from 3pm.

The Black Powder historical re-enactment group will be there with muskets, cannons and convicts.

Take in the traditional egg and spoon races, sack races, tug of war or wood chopping. There will be farm animals for the children.

The Grand View Hotel is also the meeting place for members of the Twenty-Sixers Club, who will enjoy lunch and entertainment with an Australian theme.

Anyone born on January 26 living or visiting the Redlands can phone 3206 8304 and leave their details and intention to attend. The committee of the Twenty-Sixers Club of Queensland will send out a membership form.

* HEAD to Coochiemudlo Island’s foreshore park for the Australia Day markets on January 26, from 8am to 1.30pm. There will be a variety of arts and craft stalls and plenty of food such as woodfired pizza, a sausage sizzle, and refreshments. Try the water bikes and kayaks. It is just a quick ride in the ferry then a short walk to the market.

* JOIN a beach-themed party at the Alexandra Hills Hotel Squeeze Club on Wednesday, January 25 from 7.30pm until late. Relaxed dress code. The club’s Scoozi Bar will also have karaoke from 8pm until the wee hours of Australia Day, and there will be prizes for best-dressed Aussie icon. On Australia Day, the Bayside Vehicle Restorers Club will rally at the hotel from 11am. Go along and see the beautifully restored and much-loved classic cars and have a counter lunch while you’re there.

* CELEBRATE Australia Day down by the bay at the Redland Bay Hotel. Enjoy lunch and cold drinks while listening to Wayne Ranson play some great Aussie tracks.

There will be a thong throwing competition and a jumping castle for the kids. For more information, visit www.redlandbayhotel.com.au

* EAT, drink and enjoy some Aussie Aussie Aussie fun at Redlands RSL in Passage Street, Cleveland. The chefs will be slopping on sunscreen and sunnies on the deck with a lunchtime barbecue. There will be new summer flavoured snags and crocodile. Members are $9.90. David Lee will perform from 11.30am and 3pm and there will be a balloon magician and face painter for the children.

* THE Redland Museum in Smith Street, Cleveland, is the venue for Sweet Fanny Adams, a racy musical romp set in the 1930s red light district, of Sydney.

The play is a production of Theatre Genesis, in conjunction with the Redland Museum, and sees two rival madams, Fanny Adams and Kitty Lang, fight to be top dog in Palmer Street. Tickets are $30, and include dinner, dessert, tea and coffee. Book by phoning 3286 3494.

Performances are also being held on January 27 and 28 and February 3 and 4.

* LAMB Island Bowls and Recreation Club is hosting Australia Day celebrations from 10am-4pm.

The club is a 15-minute walk from the jetty. A free courtesy bus will also run from to and from the jetty; phone the club on 3409 5832 to book.

There will be market stalls and plenty of refreshments with food available from the club’s kitchen and a bar will be open.

Competitions on the day include iron man events for men, women and children, best dressed Aussie icon, best decorated gumboot , a colouring competition for the kids, thong and gumboot tosssing, toad and cockroach races and the best lamingtons.

For full details on competition registration, entry fees and guidelines, contact the club manager, Lindy, on 3409 5832. For market stall details, contact Debra on 3409 4307.

* A FAMILY picnic will be staged at Oaklands Street Community Garden in Alexandra Hills from 10am to 1pm. Bring your picnic lunch, chairs/blanket and join in the sack races, egg and spoon races, tunnel ball, thong throwing, Aussie trivia and iron man/woman competitions.

Grab a cuppa, lamington or piece of damper from the tea house and have a great day out with your family this Australia Day.

For more information, contact Gillian on 3286 7166.

* FAIR dinkum fun is on the menu at the Wynnum RSL in Tingal Road, with entertainment starting from 9.30am with an Aussie Day breakfast. For more information, visit 3396 7333.

* DIVE in to the cool action at Cleveland Aquatic Centre. The Mega Fun Splash Day will run from 10am to 3pm. There will be fun for all the family, including duck races, a jumping castle, a sausasge sizzle and heaps of games and giveaways. More on www.clevelandac.com.au or phone 3286 2723.

* THE Parklands, South Bank, will come alive with colour, sound and movement as some of Queensland’s most talented performers and community groups entertain audiences on Australia Day. Be there to enjoy a jam-packed day of free entertainment and workshops.

Highlights of the morning will include a multi-faith ceremony and flag raising ceremony with a 21-gun salute and F/A-18F Super Hornet flypast. Extreme ski shows will be staged on the Brisbane River at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm.

Celebrations will continue into the evening with the exciting AusSounds Concert featuring Christina Parie from X Factor 2011.

The South Bank reach of the Brisbane River will light up in a dazzling display of fireworks at 7.30pm. More at www.visitsouthbank.com.au

* QUEENSLAND Governor Penelope Wensley AC is hosting an open day at Government House at 168 Fernberg Road, Paddington, on Australia Day.

Gates open from 10am and close at 3pm. Entry is free. There will be musical entertainment throughout the day.

Walk through the historic house, with volunteer guides on hand to answer your questions (obtain your free ticket from the signposted ticket booth on arrival).

Guided tours of the gardens and surrounds will be available at 10.30am, noon and 1.30pm.

Bring a picnic to enjoy on the lawns or buy a drink and sausage sizzle from the Royal Queensland Regiment Reservists.

No on-site parking is available. Free parking will be available at Norman Buchan Park (cnr Baroona and Rainworth Roads, Paddington) and a free regular shuttle service will run from the park to Government House.

The open house will be cancelled in the event of wet weather.

For more information, visit www.govhouse.qld.gov.au.

For more ideas, visit www.australiaday.org.au