Welcome to Mabuhay Straya
Mabuhay Straya is a virtual Cultural Gallery of the Philippine Embassy in Australia. We provide online resources curated by the Embassy for the Filipino and Australian community and anyone who is interested to learn more about the rich cultural heritage of the Philippines.
We invite you to explore this webpage for videos, photos and activities on Filipino cuisine, art, tourism, economy, language and many more.
A Taste of the Philippines
In partnership with food writer and author of the highly acclaimed book “Under Coconut Skies” Yasmin Newman and her production crew and team of food chefs and restaurateurs across Australia, the Australia Philippines Business Council (APBC) produced "Food Cultures and Tourism Exchange", a video series that features regional dishes and ingredients from regional Australia and the Philippines complemented by tourism footage from each region.
The project was made possible through a grant from the Australia-ASEAN Council (AAC) of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, a council founded in 2015 to strengthen Australia’s engagement with ASEAN member countries.
Watch as Yasmin and Filipino-Australian chefs and restaurateurs cook flavourful dishes for us with some of the best ingredients from regional Australia and the Philippines while they talk about interesting sights and stories from each region.
Today’s Filipino Australian Women
The Embassy of the Philippines launched the e-book “Today’s Filipino Australian Women” at the Embassy’s Cultural Gallery during National Women’s Month 2022.
The book is built from the Embassy’s social media campaign since 2019 giving Filipino-Australian women a platform to share their stories in their own words. The Embassy is honored to play a part in telling their stories which empower and inspire us all to strive for more. We hope you will find inspiration from this book to articulate your own stories and to uplift women around you.
We hope you will find inspiration from this book to articulate your own stories and to uplift women around you.
This was developed in partnership with the Philippines’ Department of Tourism in Sydney to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Australia.