Booze, Brawls and Aussie Rules

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So last day in Melbourne an d a few thing to add since my last entry. Firstly being my first experience of Aussie rules at the MCG! I was really excited beforehand as I'd never seen it before in any way and plus I was going to the MCG! It was definately worth it though, it reminded me of going to matches at home. There were loads of families (not suprising as kids tickets were $4) and it think a pretty good crowd of around 56,000 though the ground holds 100,000. It took a few minutes to get into but we quickly guessed at the rules and got into the game despite all the efforts of the coldness trying to get at us. The pitch was huge though, you could still see the lines from the rugby the other night and it made the rugby pitch look so small. After a high scoring game (you got 1 point for either of the side goals and 6 for the centre one) Collingwood beat St Kilda by 89 - 83 (I think???) we headed back to the centre and got chips before we headed to the cinema to see 'Knocked Up' which was really good. No fun chairs this time though, we had to make do with normal ones.

Sunday we got our tram ticket again and headed for St Kilda (still not beach weather though) and bought chocolate scones before heading to the docklands. Seems to be alot of development going on there which is still unfinished so it was a bit empty (apart from the hordes going to the Aussie rules match at the Telstra dome!) Sunday night we got to watch stand-up in the hostle which was very varied, some were good and some awful but we really enjoyed it. Especially at the end when a fight broke out and puches were thrown on the front row and the comic was attempting a commentary for those at the back.

Monday morning and we headed to the Pixar exhibition at one of the museums. It kind of plots the history of the company and animation and acts as a kind of behind the scenes / making of all of their films. It was really enjoyable and very interesting to see how the characters came to be. As I said though, last day and the sun has just come out, so I'm off...

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Comments

[Jayne]

The sun will come out.......
tomorrow! Well, thats how the song goes anyway. Am loving the sound of chocolate scones...who cares if rains ?? Can't wait to see where you're off to next. Love to both, Jayne xxxx

[Jonathan]

Some pointers...
Just done some reading on this Ned Kelly fella. His father was an Irish convict and he was first arrested at 14 for assaulting a chinese pig farmer called Ah Fook! Brilliant! It says that the armour there was made at home! The helmet was probably just a sauce-pan so I'm sure you didn't miss much.

[Jayne]

A cat called Keith!
Great name! I was leaving a comment and the laptop battery died...sorry! Hope you got a photo of the black swans Aaron Jxxxx

[mum]

encyclopaedia germanicus
When did Jon start reading books??? Firstly by telling you that you were stroking a wallaby not a kangaroo and now telling you the history of Ned Kelly!! Think we'll leave him in Germany cos he's obviously got a new hobby - gathering knowledge - not drinking and womanising!! By the way where are you now - not heard in a while - get in touch - PLEASE! XXXX Oh! and go and buy yourself another jumper if you're that cold!

[Marc]

Hi
Glad to hear you're having a good time (apart from the weather!). The Aussie Rules Football game sounds interesting. Its raining every day over here too! Marc.