We have just been through the ultimate in sport weekends...if you actually understand all of the sports that are available here to watch. First we had the Grand Final for the AFL, which was the second "Grand Final" after last weekend's tie between the Collingwood Magpies and the St Kilda Saints (the Magpies were the winners). Then it was the Rugby League Grand Final...except that when we stopped in to watch it in a pub we actually ended up watching a different Grand Final in rugby, this time for gigantic under-20s (seriously, these players are massive, they have thighs the size of a panda's butt!) The real "Grand Final" was played a few hours later. Luckily our accents and clear lack of understanding lead a kindly bartender to explain the whole set-up to us. In addition to all of this, they report heavily on the Ryder Cup and the Commonwealth Games.
So why did we spend a weekend watching sports? It rained here all weekend, not a heavy tropical downpour, but a constant swirling mist causing the humidity to rise to infinity. We both are getting big, curly heads of hair and are always looking quite refreshed. Coming from the dry climate of Calgary, we really find this refreshing. Some Australians hate it and that is too bad: they are predicting that we are going in to one of the wettest summers on record!
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