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Your storiesYou are in: Lincolnshire > People > Your stories > The Great Australian Breakfast 2006 ![]() Peter Levy at the event in 2006. The Great Australian Breakfast 2006Lincoln celebrated Australia Day on the 29th January when the Great Australian Breakfast was held at the Lawns. This was the fifteenth time the Great Australian breakfast has been held and it marks the city's links with Port Lincoln in Australia. It is the biggest celebration of its kind in Britain and was held to raise money for charity. Celebrities at the event included BBC Look North's Peter Levy, Lincoln MP Gillian Merron and the Mayor of Lincoln Adelle Ellis. From BBC Radio Lincolnshire Rod Whitting, Veronica Capaldi and Dave Bussey attended the event with Melvyn Prior hosting the entertainment. A typical £4.50 breakfast consists of:
As many ingredients as possible used in the breakfast are sourced locally. Local companies donate almost every item of food and drink, which means that nearly every penny raised is donated to charity. Charities for 2006:
If you took some pictures at the event then you can send them to us. Send it to lincolnshire@bbc.co.uk last updated: 15/05/2008 at 14:23 Have Your SayWere you at the Great Australian Breakfast? Tell us what you enjoyed most about it?
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