Australia Day celebrations at Woodenbong will begin bright and early with billy tea and damper from 8.30am at the Woodenbong Hall.

A flag raising ceremony will held at the front of the hall at 10am, with the official proceedings set to start at 10.15am.

Australia Day ambassador Mr Khushaal Vyas will deliver the Australia Day address.

Mr Vyas, 23, is a fourth year undergraduate student doing a Bachelor of Arts (Politics Major)/Law at the University of NSW. From a very young age, he has been active in social justice and community advocacy.

At uni, Khushaal is the President of the UNSW Law Society – the largest university law student representative group in the nation.

Before that he was the Vice-President (Social Justice) and co-founded a regional volunteer program to work with the Dubbo and Wiradjuri community and mentor disadvantaged Aboriginal children.

Khushaal will also present the recipients of the Woodenbong Australia Day Awards with their prizes.

A second Australia Day address will be presented by Margaret Marshall.

Mrs Marshall was born and educated at Woodenbong and has written a book on the halcyon days of rugby league in the Northern Rivers district from 1965 to 1972.  The book has a particular focus on the contribution of indigenous locals and the mutual respect and camaraderie they enjoyed across the wider community.

After the ceremony a free lunch will be served and at 12pm there will be cricket coaching clinic at the oval behind the Woodenbong pool followed by the annual city versus country cricket match.

And for those people who would rather celebrate Australia Day with a swim, entry to the Woodenbong pool will be free on the day.