Day 45 in the Big Antipodean Adventure

Just returned from visiting Melbourne for the weekend and I must say I was impressed; went with Lewis from the Shammies and we had a cracking time, Lewis “Norris McWhirter” Cove was extremely nervous we were arriving too late on Friday and would miss all the action, but after finding a suitable bar (it served alcohol) we pushed hard, got totally smashed, talked a load of rubbish, put the world to rights and made it to bed at about 05:00 hrs…

Saturday was followed with the perfect start; a T-bone steak, egg, chips and a salad with a Crowny beer ($10) for breakfast at Mac’s, a quality pub that just looked the best especially when flanked by modern towers…


Then it was on through town, a little closer to the action and in search of more hospitality. We came across Young and Jackson which had a comical start; two pommies wearing white England shirts walk blindly straight into the middle of a sea of Australians wearing gold! Cracked a laugh that did and I’m just thankful we are not a football crowd!
We ended staying there for more than a couple and another good pub indeed.

We managed to visit another half dozen pubs from here on but it all starts to get a bit sketchy, the Sherlock Holmes was decent enough and excellently tucked away in the basement… Norris would have more to say on this place or rather it’s bar staff…

Finally get to the Australia v England game where the tickets came from the Shammies coach and we didn’t really think it through; we were on the second highest row in the stadium - nose bleeding section, surrounded by Australians (not one other pom up there) mainly using binoculars and we were very merry from drinking so early and at a strong pace.


Norris wants to get a video of the game as he can’t remember seeing any of it! – Not that you would want to though, we were trash.
Ah it was all fun, we gave it plenty of banter and the Aussies were all laughing with us (I think) as the game went on we were just hurling abuse at England…

Also who the hell are Angola and Ghana?!?!I had a seven game accumulator on dead certainties returning 13 to 1, but Angola messed that up so to cover my loss I made another and larger 3 game accumulator at 4 to 1 and Ghana messed it up!Not happy; may recoil from actually putting money on again, at least until the next round…Go the Poms!

Cheers

G-Orgy
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Day 42 in the Big Antipodean Adventure

So everything is flying out here, I have recently sorted a flat out and I am now living bang in the middle of Sydney, it is officially 23 minutes door to door to my office in North Sydney and I am minutes from anywhere!

Below I've taken a picture of the view from my office overlooking the Bridge and the Opera House, nice.


Went to watch England get thumped by the Aussies last Sunday and needless to say that was deflating. The stadium, the bars and the morning spent beer tasting were all quality though!


Off to Melbourne after work tonight for two a half days as a mate from the rugby club had a free ticket to the game on Saturday, guess I am a glutten for punishment... hopefully England can't get any worse...

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Rugby quotes of the year!

Hang on to your laugh organ!

"Nobody in Rugby should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein." - Jono Gibbs - Chiefs

"I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes." - Rodney So’ialo - Hurricanes - on University

"You guys line up alphabetically by height." and "You guys pair up in groups of three, and then line up in a circle." - Colin Cooper - Hurricanes head coach

Chris Masoe (Hurricanes) on whether he had visited the Pyramids during his visit to Egypt: "I can't really remember the names of the clubs that we went to."

"He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is." - Colin Cooper on Paul Tito

Kevin Senio (Auckland), on Night Rugby vs Day Games "It's basically the same, just darker."

David Nosafora (Auckland) talking about Troy Flavell "I told him, 'Son, what is it with you. Is it ignorance or apathy?' He said, 'David, I don’t know and I don't care.'

David Holwell (Hurricanes) when asked about the upcoming season: "I want to reach for 150 or 200 points this season, whichever comes first."

"Andy Ellis - the 21 year old, who turned 22 a few weeks ago"(Murray Mexted)

"Colin has done a bit of mental arithmetic with a calculator." (Ma Nonu)

"We actually got the winning try three minutes from the end but then they scored." (Phil Waugh Waratah)

"I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body." (Jerry Collins)

"That kick was absolutely unique, except for the one before it which was identical." (Tony Brown)

"I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father." (Tana Umaga)

"Sure there have been injuries and deaths in rugby - but none of them serious." (Doc Mayhew)

"If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again."(Anton Oliver)

"I would not say he (Rico Gear) is the best left winger in the Super 14, but there are none better." (Murray Mexted)

"I never comment on referees and I'm not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat." (Ewan McKenzie)

Murray Deaker: "Have you ever thought of writing your autobiography?" Tana Umaga: "On what?"

"Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer."(Murray Mexted)

Thoughts for the day

10 - Life is a sexually transmitted disease.
9 - Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
8 - Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see one without an erection, make him a sandwich.
7 - Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; Teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks.
6 - Some people are like a Slinky... Not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs.
5 - Health freaks are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
4 - All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
3 - Why does a slight tax increase cost you 50 quid and a substantial tax cut saves you 50p?
2 - In the 60s, people took LSD to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and People take Prozac to make it normal.

AND THE NUMBER 1 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: We know exactly where any untaxed car is located among the millions of cars in Britain. But we haven't got a clue as to where thousands of illegal immigrants and terrorists are located. Maybe we should put the DVLA in charge of immigration...