Let the war begin! Game just kicked off in the third and deciding State of Origin game of rugby league. Queensland has started well putting real pressure on the NSW line with consecutive sets of six. Go the ‘Rones!!
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Awww yeah!
Bowen and Kimmorley seal Queensland victory
Looked like a classic and good to see the Maroons getting off to a winning start this year.
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Leading golf commentator Jack Newton says the fact no Australian has filled the vacancy left by Greg Norman on the world stage is an issue with the game’s fans here, but is only one of several factors contributing to a slide in the sport’s television ratings.
Newton put his view forward as the debate continued over comments made by Ian Johnson, managing director of Channel Seven in Melbourne, that the sporting public in Australia had come to regard golf as boring and self-indulgent. From Shark void hurting: Newton
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This Christmas, Global Yacht Racing is providing ordinary people with a passion for adventure travel the opportunity to experience the ultimate challenge in adventure holidays – ocean yacht racing. Global Yacht Racing’s next major race package is a gruelling 630nm ocean race starting in Sydney and racing to Hobart, Tasmania starting on the 13th December 2004. This year is the 60th anniversary of the race which has become a summer icon in Australia and with an adrenaline filled fleet already lined up, the start looks set to be spectacular. From An extreme Christmas Holiday - the infamous Sydney to …
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Australia sauntered to their first series win in India for 35 years with a crushing 342-run win on day four of the third Test in Nagpur.
From Aussies seal historic series win
To be honest, I still don’t know how to interpret a cricket score…
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Well, I don’t really know what these guys were thinking when they named their racing greyhound Navi Talim, or Ivan Milat (the name of a serial killer) backwards. If I had to guess, they probably thought they were being ingenious…or funny. After the expected outrage, the group changed Emma’s (her ‘real’ or kennel name) racing name to the ever-so-scary Pooky Bear.
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Learning to surf is the new “must do” on the list of backpackers, and women are hitting the water in unprecedented numbers.
According to Tourism Research Australia’s Report on the backpacker market in 2003, 81 per cent of international backpackers who visit Australia experience our beaches (including swimming, surfing, and diving). From L-plate surfers ride a rising tide
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Learning to surf on the golden beaches of New South Wales is a humbling experience, says Christopher Wakling, but once you’re up… From Make a big splash down under
I could never stand up, though…..
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The author of this month’s Esquire magazine piece on Ricky Williams believes if Dolphins coach Dave Wannstedt and the estranged running back handled the pivotal phone call in July differently, Williams wouldn’t have retired.
Esquire Staff Writer Chris Jones, who admittedly smoked marijuana with Williams a “few times” during his eight-day stay in a backpacker’s commune in Byron Bay on the east coast of Australia in early September, said in the article that “even in the middle of dialing [Wannstedt], Ricky had no real intention of quitting.” From Esquire writer: Call made Ricky retire
Wasn’t this football player the same one …
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In what could be the start of an America’s Cup type rivalry (in that Australia will win it every year for over 100 years), the USA national rugby league team (the Tomahawks) will play Australia’s best in a one off game in Philadelphia on November 30th.
If I remember it’s on, I’ll try to watch it on telly. Should be a good laugh to see how many of the Australian players are not hungover when they take the field.
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