It's nice to have a REASON to do all the activities and spend loads of money on fun stuff, other than just "because I want to". There's justification in going to an AFL game, appreciating fit players, and generally screaming your lungs out in support of a team you don't know... if it's for Kelly's Birthday! So, I went to my first AFL (Australian Football League) today. It was the Melbourne Demons vs the Geelong Cats. Since I unwittingly came dressed in the Cats colours, I elected to support the visitors. Luckily for me, they're a very good team and completely WIPED the pitch with the Demons...miauw!
Only differences to Rugby that I can see are:
1) you can't run with the ball or throw it, you have to bounce it or punch it
3) if you miss the ball and punch an opponent instead, that's ok
3) the pitch is oval instead of rectangular, and the players are more like athletes than like bulldozers
4) the uniforms were definitely designed by women, for women...
After that exhausting activity we spent some quality time shopping, as you do! With little else to do, and Kelly's penchant for gambling... we decided to go visit the Casino for the evening and generally stay up all night until we had to leave for the airport at 4:30am!
Kelly won $70 at Roulette, I lost $3 on the slot machines, we had some cocktails and generally had fun trying to get freebies out of the barmen (I scored 3 umbrellas, some fruit garnish and a cocktail swizzle stick with a crown on it from Matt). Unfortunately, I also attracted my usual share of frrreaks, but the bartenders were a great help in getting rid of them! They also took us to the bar that everyone from the casino hangs out at after the main bars in the casino close. So we played pool with the locals in "Pit5" until we had to race back to the hostel to collect our bags and taxi it to the airport for the EARLY flight...
Urgh, why????
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