We were home for about a month and a half and had a great time catching up with everyone. I went on a lovely bike trip with friends (friends that are more like family). That was a wonderful adventure and I can’t wait to do it again. We went down the Hiawatha Trail and then Chelsea and I went back up it. Victory was ours J. We also caught up with friends and family at a few extremely fun barbeques; the perfect way to spend another summer.
We are back in Melbourne. It’s been a crazy few weeks, but things are finally starting to calm back down. We are in a new apartment in a different part of the city, but we really like the location. It’s close to just about everything so we almost never need to pay for public transportation; we just walk. Classes are back up and going and are keeping us both busy, but not too busy to still get out and do fun stuff.
I have officially been to a Footy game, also known as Australian Football. My friend Helen had tickets and invited a bunch of us that had never been to a game to go with her. It was a lot of fun even though it took me most of the game to figure out what was going on. Basically, the person that has the ball can only move 15 meters before he has to pass the ball onto another player (preferably on his team) or bounce it on the ground and keep going. Passing can be done by kicking the ball to another player or by ‘handballing’ it to another player (the ball is held in one hand and the other hand is used to punch the ball toward another team mate). There is no throwing allowed. Then add in that the ball is not round; it is kind of oval shaped. This makes bouncing and passing the ball a bit unpredictable. Players are paired off like in basketball or soccer. Here’s where the game gets a little confusing (this part might be wrong, but it’s all I know).
The player with the ball is trying to get rid of it; if they keep the ball for too long they are likely to be tackled; once tackled they have to get rid of the ball or there is a turn-over to the other team. The players doing the tackling are trying to keep the player with the ball from being able to pass it; that’s how they win possession of the ball for their team.
Goals are made through four goal posts and the ball has to be kicked through. If the ball goes through the two inner most post the team gets six points. If the ball goes between an outer post and an inner post the team gets one point. For those of you that might like more official rules (Matt) I attached the wiki site for it, but there is probably lots of information on the AFL (Australia Football League) website as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football http://www.afl.com.au/
It was a great game even though Helen’s team (the Essendon Bombers) lost. It was a lot of fun spending time with friends and I hope we can do it again sometime. Maybe next time I will be better at following what is going on too.
Other than that there isn’t really a whole lot going on. I won the battle of the shoes today and replaced my NB’s that I have worn for a couple of years now with some Pumas. I really wanted some new NB’s, but they just don’t offer the same selection down here as they do back home. I could have ordered them online, but by the time the shoes are paid for and the shipping to my parent’s house and then for the shipping here it just didn’t seem worth it. Plus, I’m running out of bandaids to protect the part of my heals that are getting eaten by the plastic core of the shoes. They lived a good, long life and will be missed.
Well, I think that’s all for now. I’ll try to post regular updates on things going on with life and school. Thanks for reading J
Oh, I made fish and prawns for the first time and it was delicious.
Before the game
Essendon banner
The field was huge
North Melbourne banner
North Melbourne 100
Essendon 76
Final Score
Shoes :)
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