Category Archives: sport

>Sydney – Hobart

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Victor

> The 66th Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race gets underway on Sydney Harbour minutes ago. I suppose the line honours winning vessel should reach Hobart in 3/4 days.

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>I’ll see your nerd…and raise his hum drum…

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Victor

>wcs has shared his ‘nerdy’ pastime whilst Andrew has come out of the closet about his love for the ‘hum drum’. Well, I have my own nerdy and hum drum hobby. I maintain speadsheets of football attendances. All year round I record … Continue reading →

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>It certainly stopped me…

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Victor

> I’ve had a Melbourne Cup Day to forget having been ‘volunteered’ to run three sweeps in our part of the hospital. Like so many Australians with no interest in horse racing whatsoever I do the ‘Australian thing’ and buy … Continue reading →

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>Gold…Gold…Oh!?!?

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Victor

> No sooner has the football season ended and we have the Delhi Commonwealth Games underway. Australia generally does well at these Games so we can expect plenty of media overkill when the predicted flood of Aussie gold medals eventuates. Of … Continue reading →

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>Tonight at the football

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Victor

>Went to see tonight’s National Rugby League preliminary final between the Dragons and the Tigers. Tigers (in black) kicking off the match with the Dragons (in white) receiving. Dragons hit the lead for the first time in the match with … Continue reading →

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>Odds and Ends

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Victor

> Half a day on duty at the hospital, half a day running around in preparation for the overseas trip, half a day lunching with old mates from my paid working days. Wow, that makes one and a half days … Continue reading →

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>Yellow suitcase

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Victor

>Just one more post related to the tenth anniversary of the Sydney Olympics; I promise! I’d forgotten until late this morning that I still have the little yellow souvenir suitcase that was placed on every seat in the Olympic Stadium … Continue reading →

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>Rings

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Victor

> (Click on photo to enlarge) The Olympic Flag flying on top of the Bridge this morning to mark the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Sydney games.

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>Citius, Altius, Fortius

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Victor

> Ten years ago today, the Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games was held on a windy and cloudy evening which gave way the next morning to the crispest and clearest of days followed by two weeks of … Continue reading →

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>Bledisloe Cup

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Victor

>I took Kn to see the Bledisloe Cup match at the Olympic Stadium last night. The National Anthems The Wallabies watching the All Blacks perform the Haka With twenty minutes to go Australia led 22-9 but they were run down and … Continue reading →

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