Sport
There is a wealth of sport on at the moment. In Australia, everyone was wrapped up in the World Cup Soccer, over the past fortnight, because we made it to the final 16. In addition, the Wimbledon tennis tournament is on, and Australia's main hope, Lleyton Hewitt is still in it. I'm also getting hooked into the Tour de France cycling, not necessarily for the riding component, but the sheer beauty of the French countryside as they ride around. I would love to go one year and just follow the tour. Australia has representatives in that as well.
We really are a great sporting nation, of which we can be very proud of our athletes. Not only do we have our national sports such as Rugby, AFL and Cricket, we're also great at Swimming (as our results in the Olympics prove) and a myriad of other things ranging from Beach Volleyball through Equestrian through Surfing. As most of the population lives in Coastal areas, there is an affinity with the water, although we do get into all sorts of things.
The great thing is that this is encouraged for most kids from a young age. Soccer and Netball are the two most participated sports by children, but kids have the choice of doing many things. Most of you would know Ethan is playing soccer, as well as doing Taekwondo. Aidan loves to ride his bike everywhere. Callum, given the way he's pulling up and getting into everything, I'm sure will be an Abseiler! I really love that our lifestyle here gives us the opportunity to do so many things of this nature. The Lucky Country!
Ciao for Now, Livin' in the Lucky Country Angry Dad.
We really are a great sporting nation, of which we can be very proud of our athletes. Not only do we have our national sports such as Rugby, AFL and Cricket, we're also great at Swimming (as our results in the Olympics prove) and a myriad of other things ranging from Beach Volleyball through Equestrian through Surfing. As most of the population lives in Coastal areas, there is an affinity with the water, although we do get into all sorts of things.
The great thing is that this is encouraged for most kids from a young age. Soccer and Netball are the two most participated sports by children, but kids have the choice of doing many things. Most of you would know Ethan is playing soccer, as well as doing Taekwondo. Aidan loves to ride his bike everywhere. Callum, given the way he's pulling up and getting into everything, I'm sure will be an Abseiler! I really love that our lifestyle here gives us the opportunity to do so many things of this nature. The Lucky Country!
Ciao for Now, Livin' in the Lucky Country Angry Dad.
posted by Wes at 10:40 pm
5 Comments:
We are on the same wave length!
I am a Tour de France nut. I am going to writ about that today. I've been watching the Tour for years, long before Lance became popular.
Ha, are you going to give Cullum some ropes and caribeaners (sp?)for his b-day!
opps, that's Callum. Sorry!
Sounds like a very nice place to live and for kids to grow up.
Lisa
i've sat through a few footies over there, years ago! (i'm a Texas mom, but my mom is in SA)
Its so great that your kids are so involved. Char is the participater in our family - the Tobman has his moments
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