All Over The Place

Tonight New South Wales lost to Queensland in Victoria. Rugby Leagues is huge in the states of New South Wales and Queensland. Most people in Victoria prefer the aforementioned AFL, but they decided to have the tie-breaking Rugby League State of Origin match in Melbourne! Anyway, NSW lost but it was a good game.

On a similar note we had a 4th of July party Tuesday night. At the table were one other American, two Aussies and two Brits. Luckily, on the day of American Independence, we were able to prevent any outbursts towards the Brits on the part of the Australians, who may have felt jealous and frustrated for not having yet broken their own colonial shackles. So we all enjoyed Little Creatures Pale Ale, Kangaroo Kebabs (recipe pending) and good ole fashioned red coat humour.

On a completely different note Dana and I went diving this past Sunday. Our esteemed American guest, Andrew, joined us. This was the first time I had a good opportunity to test out the new camera case... and I'm quite happy with it. Even at 20 meters (60 feet), the case didn't leak! You lose a lot of colour when you dive, especially red, but here are some photos from the dive, and a couple of videos. The first video is a weedy sea dragon. These guys are amazing. They stay at the same depth and stay near weeds. I guess they trick some fish but I can tell the difference. The second video is of a numbray. It's a lot like a sting ray, but they don't sting. Instead they hit with you 200 volts of electricity.




Dive Photos
Dana Diving
Weedy Sea Dragon
Numbray