In Australia there are many activities that make the
country a very attractive place, the aboriginal people invented plays that
today, in the century of the modernity belong to the society and are part of
the free time of many people. The landscapes of Australia creates an only
environment where people can interacted and be part, in terms of plays, with
the nature that surround it.
Boomerang
throwing was
invented by the aboriginal`s centuries before the white man came and it is a
great Aussie pastime today. It is a lot of fun because once you have learnt to
throw it properly, you do not have to go and chase it "It comes back on it's own."
The plays that Aboriginal people create are still in the most played
games. Many believe the Australian Aboriginals invented FOOTBALL, 40,000 years
ago. A game they called Marn Grook was
played with 50 to 100 players. The ball was small in size like and an orange,
and is made of opossum-skin, with the fur side outwards.
The Cricket has a great following and you will see the
teams all dressed in their whites playing cricket on ovals all over the country
and if we do not play we love to watch and applaud our favorite teams.
Tennis is a very popular game in this country you can
see couples smashing the white or yellow ball from one side of the net to the
other, double's or singles, day and night. Tennis is played in just about every
city or town in Australia.
Cycling is another
sport that captivates Australians and is practiced in
any city. The number of practitioners is large
enough, one morning and it's hard not to see the
cyclists, either individually or in groups of up to
200 simultaneously. Is practiced in the streets and for
both sexes and ages.
The landscapes that surround this beautiful country
and the best sunsets make that people stay longer time in contact with nature;
the horses are a very good form to be in contact with nature that is why people
enjoy the rides.
Horses have been the backbone of a growing nation and
very important over the last 200 years. Little wonder then that we love to race
them as well.
Australia is surfing nation too, Australian people
love swimming and diving, surfboarding and kneeboard riding, surf-skiing,
wind-sailing, kite-surfing or just spending time on the beach with mates
and friends.
Australia is a country surrounded of ocean and other favorite
past time is fishing, has a tremendous following and there are fishing tackle
shops everywhere. Great fishing spots are still to be found and all year round
you will find kids on the wharfs, mates out rock fishing or sitting in the
tinny on a quite river, right up to those that enjoy the big boat OFF-SHORE
Marlin or catching sail-fish.
Australians are also very much into family time,
spending time at the zoo, aquariums, theme parks or enjoying a coffee at the
local café, they even enjoy thong throwing or volley ball competitions on the
beach.
Every country has a lot of games where people can enjoy
but Australia show that is a country joining with the nature and the beauty
beaches that surround it, each game is related with nature or just in the most
of the cases played outdoors.
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