Australia Day 2009

Australia day occurs on 26th January and is the national day for Australia. Big party, lots of meat on the BBQ, plenty of beer and a sunny day

A day at the cricket

Some photo's of the local Cricket game I played in on Saturday 24th January

Australian open day 2

After enjoying it so much I decided to go back for some more. Therefore on Thursday 22nd January I went back to Melbourne Park and saw Elana Baltacha loose to Amelie Mauresmo in a great 3 setter. It was hot hot hot again so chose to go indoors to watch some on the TV and enjoy air con. 5 minutes later a little old lady came up to me and asked if I was on my own? After chatting about the tennis she said she was on here own and had a ticket for the main stadium court and would I like it because she was leaving and would i like her ticket? So there I was sat on the front row watching Serena Williams, AMAZING!!!
Next was Frenchman Gael Monfils winning in 3 sets, and then another Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga wins both their matches. Another great day with a French feel due to watching 3 French matches. It is amazing how much power they produce and how athletic they all are, gives you inspiration and motivation!!

The Australian Open 2009

Ok guys this is my first post so hang on it could be a bumpy ride. On Tuesday 20th Jan went to the Australian Open tennis which was amazing. People call Melbourne Park the sporting capital of the world, with the tennis centre, Melbourne cricket ground, Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), Melbourne grand prix circuit and many football, rugby ect pitches and parks it truly is an amazing place.
The temperatures were stinking hot with 42 C in the stand but the court temperature rose to 60 C so it was no wonder that when I watched Brit Elana Baltacha win in 45 mins players wanted to finish the match early. Didn't get burnt today but did manage to drink 5 liters at the tennis.