Hello again everyone...
Here's the news from sunny Brisbane! For the last week I have been running around with family and friends on this side of the pond doing the various tourist things that there is to do in the part of the world... Click the hyperlinks (highlighted for those who are tech challenged) to find out more about these places and to save me boring those you don't care:
We went for a day to Noosa on the Sunshine Coast. We met up with my cousins Dave and Fiona and had a long walk around the Noosa Heads and through the town... What a beautiful place
We also went to Mooloolaba and Montville for another day trip and also popped in at Ettamogah Pub which is Australia's most famous pub mate...
We also went to the boarder between Queensland (QLD) and New South Wales (NSW). There are two towns which meet at the boarder, Coolangatta and Tweed Heads otherwise know as the twin towns. The funny thing is that during the summer NSW has daylight savings, the result being that during summer, the time on the one side of some streets is an hour behind the time of the other side of the street... It's histerical and I am assured at most times farcical.
Other thing is that AUS has warm water (avg of 25 degs) year round, so I have been doing some swimming in the sea here. Also, something interesting to note is that the sand is so clean, is squeeks when you walk on it. I can assure you that this is very off putting.
To end off, I will tell you about the interesting sport of Rugby Leage (NRL) which is the alternative to Rugby Union. It's a fast game, but looks a lot sillier if you don't understand the details. Basically each team gets 5 chances to use the ball. Every time a player is tackled, the opposing team retreats 10m and they restart (quickly mind you)... the object is to gain as much ground as possible with in the 6 phases, or achieve a break through to score a try. a try is 4 points, a coversion 2 and a drop goal 1. You cannot tie a match. If you cannot use the ball in 6 phases, then its a turn over and the opposing team has a go. there is no mauling or rucking and the scrum is uncontested, as well as no line out... pentalies are similar to rugby union.... Its very silly to watch and the players are much faster and athletic than union. All in all, I don't really get it and don't really see the point, but I went with my Dad to watch a match and enjoyed hanging out with my old man! :P
Cheers for now
Ryan
1 comment:
I can see that you are in danger of coming back with an OZ accent after all the dashing around you have been doing. Do you sleep occasionally? Miss you. X
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