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Flying to a footy final? Watch your wallet. Here’s why airfares soar
(The Conversation)
Created on 18 September 2024
... we as consumers are willing to pay. Footy finals create a surge in demand for flights every year – but to and from where is hard to predict. Joe ...
Astro Turf: 5 Signs That You Know It’s For You
(Realestate)
Created on 06 June 2023
... your lawn Backyard footy? A cricket green or its putting equivalent? Why not, obviously! Australia is the world’s greatest sporting nation, and so why not revel in our legendary sporting status by ...
Get amongst it: why you should definitely take up AFL in 2022
(Sports News)
Created on 22 April 2022
The footy is back to its fullest extent: the crowds are big and there is an excitement in the air that has eluded the game during the pandemic period. With this in mind, there has never been a better ...
Melbourne's New Way to Stay Launched by Scape Australia
(PR Newswire)
Created on 25 March 2021
... 'laundry day' and guests have access to the pool terrace, gym, library and private cinema room, perfect for a girl's night in, a Netflix binge fest with friends or the footy finals with mates. Scape have c ...
Footy crowds: what the AFL and NRL need to turn sport into show business
(Top Stories)
Created on 12 June 2020
... with crowd augmentation, and for a harder push to bring back real fans if those experiments fail to mesh. Read more https://theconversation.com/footy-crowds-what-the-afl-and-nrl-need-to-turn-sport-into-show-business-139471 ...
How a stone wedged in a gum tree shows the resilience of Aboriginal culture in Australia
(Top Stories)
Created on 11 June 2020
... Aboriginal culturally modified trees can be found across Australia – you may have walked past one on your way to the footy in Melbourne, on a stroll near Sydney, or somewhere else, without even realising ...
Explainer: what is contact tracing and how does it help limit the coronavirus spread?
(Top Stories)
Created on 29 March 2020
... for example in a lecture hall or other enclosed space? have they been to a big event like a footy match? Queensland Health succinctly summarises the procedure, in accordance with the Communicable Disease ...
Viral spiral: the federal government is playing a risky game with mixed messages on coronavirus
(Top Stories)
Created on 14 March 2020
... c health advice advocating a business-as-usual approach to sporting events, travel, work and so on, Morrison said: Well, it’s very simple. You follow the health advice. I’m going to the footy this weeke ...
Stadiums are emptying out globally. So why have Australian sports been so slow to act?
(Top Stories)
Created on 14 March 2020
... . Prime Minister Scott Morrison tried to appeal for calm by saying he would be going to the footy this weekend, but an infectious disease specialist said this morning he was incredulous the season hadn ...
A stamp of approval for legendary sports commentators - but only the male ones
(Top Stories)
Created on 14 February 2020
... frequently framed as “humour”, included the objectification of Caroline Wilson, then chief football writer for The Age, by a co-host of The Footy Show (AFL) who stapled her photograph on a mannequin dressed ...
Moving the A-League to the winter would improve the play, but will it attract the fans?
(Top Stories)
Created on 17 January 2020
... behind footy and rugby in Australia According to former Socceroo John Aloisi, the way the schedule is currently set up widens the gap between amateur and professional football. This separation ...
'Helicopter parenting' and 'tiger mothers'? Relax, Australian kids are alright
(Top Stories)
Created on 01 January 2020
... rs also recall “making their own fun” without elaborate toys or adult-organised activities. They remember playing scratch footy with a paper ball, swimming in ponds and creeks, and exploring wilder are ...
'The size, the grandeur, the peacefulness of being in the dark': what it's like to study space at Siding Spring Observatory
(Top Stories)
Created on 19 December 2019
...  at the cricket or the footy – to study very faint regions of space around other galaxies. Students use telescopes to observe the night sky near Coonabarabran, not far from SSO. Cameron Furlong Liste ...
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Minister David Littleproud on bushfires, drought, and the Nationals
(Top Stories)
Created on 15 November 2019
... them or do the states find that? DL: Well, I think obviously there’s a challenge. And that’s not just for firefighters. It goes right back to the local footy club. It’s beholden on all of us to be part ...
The AFL sells an inclusive image of itself. But when it comes to race and gender, it still has a way to go
(Top Stories)
Created on 01 October 2019
...  transformed into childhood versions of their footy heroes – Bachar Houli, Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti, Richelle “Rocky” Cranston, Justin Westhoff and Tayla Harris. It was a vision of the AFL as the league ...
Want to really understand football culture? Here are 6 things to watch out for on Grand Final Day
(Top Stories)
Created on 28 September 2019
... their viewing. 3. The Record The Football Record from 1919, where Geelong played Essendon. The beloved Footy Record. The title says it all. The official written artefact ...
How Australians talk about tucker is a story that'll make you want to eat the bum out of an elephant
(Top Stories)
Created on 23 September 2019
...  out of footy fans’ hands. And we’d love to tell you how the lives of the bushmen might have been easier — if they had only taken to the delicacies offered by Australian Indigenous people. But alas, dea ...
More than a kick: sporting statues can enshrine players and also capture pivotal cultural moments
(Top Stories)
Created on 19 September 2019
... I’m proud’ In July, a bronze depiction of Nicky Winmar raising his St Kilda jumper and defiantly pointing a finger to his torso was revealed at Perth’s Optus Stadium. “Footy is for everyone, no matter ...
Snow at the footy? Just how unusual was last weekend’s weather?
(Top Stories)
Created on 13 August 2019
... such as the endangered pygmy possum, for our water resources, and also for the snow-obsessed among us who enjoyed our recent winter wonderland. Read more http://theconversation.com/snow-at-the-footy-just-how-unusual-was-last-weekends-weather-121802 ...
The Australian Dream is must-see for lovers of football and this country
(Top Stories)
Created on 02 August 2019
... throughout the AFL’s - and colonial Australia’s - history. If you love your footy, if you love your country, this is a must watch. Stan Grant. Mick Tsikas/AAP The ...