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Back to Melbourne
After our drive of the Great Ocean Road, we were back to Melbourne to explore the city some more and attend a real, live Australian Rules Football game (footie). We had a great time, and now are fans of the game. I tried to read up on the rules before we went, but reading them did not prepare me for what was to come.
First off, the game was between Carleton and North Melbourne, which we discovered were both local teams, so the fans were pretty well equally divided.
And the fans... What fans, a Stanley Cup playoff game would have trouble reaching the passion, enthusiasm and pompoms that these teams had in their fans. That was partially the fun part! To watch them.
First quarter: First impression: it reminded me of a Timbits hockey game, bodies everywhere, mayhem, and people falling down randomly. By the middle of the third, things were starting to come together and make sense. It was helped along by the kind, sweet, grandmotherly like lady sitting next to Nathan who was only too happy to help us along with the rules and penalties. It was actually a great game, very close the whole time and the final scare was 118 to 119. Nathan got a kiss from the sweet lady, because in the end, her team won.
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