March 3rd: Bonzer Bottler Day

Today is a Bonza Bottler Day. Here's everything you need to know about Bonza Bottler Days:

1. What is it? When the number of the month (in this case March) is the same as the date (3rd). The next one will be on April 4.
2. If the number of the year also coincides then it is a Bodacious Bonza Bottler Day. 5th May 2015 will be the next of these.
3. Bonza Bottler Days were invented in 1985 by Elaine Fremont who thought that there should be some excuse to celebrate every month.
4. She held a competition to name the holiday and the winner was a student from Australia.
5. Bonza (or Bonzer) is derived from "Bonanza" and Bottler is Australian slang for "something excellent).
6. The first Bonza Bottler Day celebration was August 8, 1985.
7. Elaine Fremont sadly died in a car accident in 1995 at the age of 43, but her sister, Gail Berger, carries on the tradition.
8. The best way to celebrate is to have a party, but if that's not possible, at least wish people a "Happy Bonza Bottler Day".
9. Bonza Bottler Days even have their own mascot. It's a dancing Groundhog (because Groundhog Day, February 2nd, is a Bonza Bottler Day).
10. People born on Bonza Bottler Days are known as Bonzer Bottler Babies.