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There’s A Cat In Coolangatta Who Skates Around Town And Ollies Over Rottweilers

Please meet your new Australia Day hero.

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Coolangatta — picturesque entry point to the Gold Coast, real-life setting of local classic Muriel’s Wedding, and home to a skateboarding cat named Didga.

Wait, what?

Yeah, just watch it:

Is this an unofficial Coolangatta Council tourism video? ‘Cause it’s pretty effective. They should just call it ‘Skating Cat-agatta’ now. It also raises some important questions ahead of this weekend’s national festivities: Can a cat be named ‘Australian Of The Year’? Does the Governor-General give out awards to the ‘Australian Cat Of The Year’? I think it’s time she did.