Day 107: First Aussie rules match

Rob took me to my first ever footy match between Hawthorn and Richmond at the MCG. It was amazing, the crowd was fairly big for just a weekend match, I think it was near 50,000 people. Everyone is really into the footy here and are big on supporting their teams. Rob, his mum and sister are all keen Hawthorn supporters and brought along a team scarf so I didn't feel left out. The game is split into quarters which each last twenty five minutes with added on time which usually means they run to about half an hour. It was also a boiling hot day today. 

Rob and I

Day 106: Round 4

 Today we had our round 4 match against Hawthorn who are currently top of our league, so pretty tough team to beat. It ended up 2-1 to them, but it was 1-1 up until the last few minutes and could easily have been a draw which was a shame. Sadly I forgot to take any photos of this match, but I saw this the other day on youtube. If any of you know Jonnie, my little brother, well then you will see how this is relevant. It made me laugh a lot.

Day 105: Anzac Day

A few photos of Anzac Day:

All the parades on Swanston Street

Garden at home

Day 101: A little day trip

Today was a bank holiday so most shops etc were still closed, but I found out there was a modern art gallery called Heide in the suburb called Bulleen. So I decided to take my bike over and go see what it was like. There was an amazing cafe/restaurant there and all the work they had on display was really interesting. They had a big section, called We Are The Dead Men, on post World War II work by Australian artists. They strongly opposed Australia's involvement in the war and reflected their own experiences in their work. Also there was rather an odd exhibition, by Melanie Irwin, which comprised of a girl standing inside a white stretchy canvas whilst manipulating it with random objects such as a drying rack and her own body. I didn't manage to get any photos but I managed to find a video on the internet (below). There was another really cool exhibition by Emily Floyd called Far Rainbow. The art gallery ended up actually being seriously far away and it was so windy today that I almost got blown off my bike several times (slightly unnerving) but all in all worth while. This evening I also ended up cycling over to Rob's house for some seriously good stir fry and ridiculously cheap red wine ($2.50 a bottle from Aldi!!) and it turned out to be actually not so bad.

 

Day 100: Easter Weekend

So no hockey match this weekend because of Easter, but the girls at my house had a party this weekend!

Our garden

A little bit of the party early on 

Day 99: Psarakos and Thornbury

I am basically living in the Northern Suburbs in a place called Thornbury which is really lovely and everyone is so friendly. There is a huge Greek/Italian community out here so as a result there is seriously good food etc. Especially this huge fresh food market called Psarakos, I am literally in heaven in there. Its just a huge warehouse kind of thing of fresh fruit and vegetables and they also have a little deli kind of thing, where an entire isle is just full of pasta and another one is purely set aside for tinned tomatoes. I tried to get some photos, but they really don't justify how amazing this place is- so I will go back next time I'm there and take some more!

Day 97: Collaboration of funny snapchats I have received while I've been away

I know, bad etiquette, but these just make me laugh so much and must be shared. Also I don't have so much to update this blog with at the moment as I am just living in Melbourne right now, so I am going to fill you in with some other random little bits and photos!

 Clearly NY was thrilling Dad!!

This is just amazing Clem, definitely one of the best photos I have seen