Brisbane
On then down to Brisbane. We met up with Graeme and Hazel who were flying off to Melbourne to meet Graeme’s mum and had a night out at the Bronco’s club. We walked all round the city and also cruised along the river on the citycat. We then decided that it would be a good idea if we could get tickets for the one day cricket match against New Zealand especially as we had to win to qualify for the final. We set off to the GABBA only to find that all the ticket offices were closed and that we had to go back into the city to get the tickets. It wasn’t a complete waste of time though as we did get to see the England team practising in the nets. We the trundled back into town to get our tickets and at $25 (£10) we thought we got a bargain. We got to the ground on match day and decided to have a couple of beers before the match. We then went into the ground and staked our claim to our seats and sat back to watch the match. We hadn’t realised that we surrounded by kiwis until it was too late! We batted first and made a reasonable score of 270. At half time we headed back to the pub. After being told that the match had restarted and that New Zealand were scoring at an alarming rate we rushed back to our seats. After much nail chewing, berating of the team and Graham huffing and puffing at the English performance we actually won the match. Which of course was never in doubt!! It was then back to the pub on the free transport provided. We’re on a roll.
On then down to Brisbane. We met up with Graeme and Hazel who were flying off to Melbourne to meet Graeme’s mum and had a night out at the Bronco’s club. We walked all round the city and also cruised along the river on the citycat. We then decided that it would be a good idea if we could get tickets for the one day cricket match against New Zealand especially as we had to win to qualify for the final. We set off to the GABBA only to find that all the ticket offices were closed and that we had to go back into the city to get the tickets. It wasn’t a complete waste of time though as we did get to see the England team practising in the nets. We the trundled back into town to get our tickets and at $25 (£10) we thought we got a bargain. We got to the ground on match day and decided to have a couple of beers before the match. We then went into the ground and staked our claim to our seats and sat back to watch the match. We hadn’t realised that we surrounded by kiwis until it was too late! We batted first and made a reasonable score of 270. At half time we headed back to the pub. After being told that the match had restarted and that New Zealand were scoring at an alarming rate we rushed back to our seats. After much nail chewing, berating of the team and Graham huffing and puffing at the English performance we actually won the match. Which of course was never in doubt!! It was then back to the pub on the free transport provided. We’re on a roll.
posted by julie & graham @ 4:28 PM
1 Comments:
See your making good progress. Unlike when we was there at Xmas the cricket team are now on a role and who would have thought they would have won the one day final.
Keep away from them nasty animals, we want to see you back here eventually in one piece.
Allen
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