Winners and losers

I have been quiet on the blogging front recently as I have been occupied with other things but now I hope to get back to my routine. I mention winners and losers because much of my time recently has been taken up with watching the glut of sport on offer to viewers.  Generally I don’t…

Sport aplenty in the month of July

July promises to be a wonderful month for watching sport. The sport has already started with the beginning of Wimbledon.  Although I generally don’t watch the tennis there are a few Australians I will be following, in particular Samantha Stosur.  It was sad to see Lleyton Hewitt exit Wimbledon so quickly in this his final…

A monster sporting weekend coming up.

This weekend sees the opening games of the Cricket World Cup and the Super 15 Rugby Union Competition.  Seventh heaven for me! The Super 15 Rugby starts tonight with The Melbourne Rebels playing the Canterbury Crusaders in New Zealand and the Brumbies play the Queensland Reds in Australia.  Later the NSW Waratahs play the Western…

Some cricket results – well really the result of cricket.

Those of you who follow my blog will be well aware that I have managed to get a considerable amount of knitting done recently as there has been an abundance of cricket on the television. The first garment finished was one I blogged about in December. The garment is knitted in one piece and then joined…

National Sports Museum Melbourne

Having toured the Melbourne Cricket Ground I then visited the National Sports Museum which is located within the MCG. If you don’t do the tour then you should at least visit the Sports Museum.  I spent three hours there.  There was so much to see and so much information to take in.  I didn’t even…

Melbourne by myself! Part 1

After taking our two grandchildren home to Melbourne I spent a few days with them at their home and then I went to Melbourne to spend a couple of days in the city.  I had booked in to a hotel for a night and so I had two days in Melbourne, all by myself. I…