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totalconway · 5 years ago

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Drinks at the Pub, ends in short film opportunity...

So a little back story first, I started performing stand up comedy in 2012 and by 2013 I was lucky enough to win the state leg of Australia’s largest open mic competition Triple J RAW Comedy and headed to Melbourne to perform on the ABC.

Following that experience I was given a lot of opportunities to perform support spots purely based on that RAW comedy credit.

One case of this was performing at Rottnest Island for their Rottofest summer comedy which was held every Friday during the summer. Rottnest Island is a hot bed of local and international tourist, and the Island’s Gov’s Tavern where the gig is held would often sell out (120+ People) the crowd was always a mix of high profile people and obnoxious drunks (most of the time both)

On one particular Friday night, I was performing, and not to brag blowing the roof off the joint and in the crowd was none other then the President of my favorite sporting team the Fremantle Dockers Football Club.

At the time, the Fremantle Dockers board was facing backlash from the supporter base because they wanted to move the Dockers training ground from their spiritual home of Fremantle Oval to a state of the art, purpose built training facility in Cockburn (Yes Cock Burn) which is about a 30 minute drive up the road.

So after the gig on Rottnest Island, I get introduced to the president of the Dockers with the intro line “Hey Sean, tell him what you think of the Cockburn move” and you can see his look go from chilled and calm to “I seriously got to deal with this shit on my holiday”. I just told him “I’m pumped for it” and I was, its been a good move for the Dockers and I started reeling off the benefits for the move etc etc. We hung out had a few beers and the whole night I was spun out that I was hanging with the president of the Dockers.

I went back to work on Monday telling people I got to hang out with the President of the Dockers, with a bit of fake bravado swagger to jokingly let them know I only hang with A-Listers now! After a couple of days I didn’t think anything of it and went back to gigging and working.

A few months down the track I get an email from the booker of Rottofest Summer comedy asking if I’d be keen to Star in a short film for the Dockers. Its not paid but if the film is one of three winners of the competition I’d receive one of the tickets to the USA which was up for grabs. Honestly, they had me at “Star in Dockers short film”.

Apparently the opportunity was between myself and a Perth duo called Henry & Aaron. Henry & Aaron are film makers/comic actors who pretty much went viral on youtube with every film they made (Talking millions and millions of views) and they lost out to my RAW comedy set that had about 12 views purely because I had a few too many beers with the president of the Dockers.

When I got the call to go meet them about the project I was incredibly nervous. I had a whole pitch prepared about why I was the best candidate for the job “I fucking bleed purple” because I was still thinking I had to audition for the film but essentially I had already been cast in the film. Their only concern was whether or not I could fit in the costume because I’m a big fat dude they had to see if I would be able to squeeze into it. The whole time I was terrified of ripping it because it’s a $3-$4K costume.

Once the costume fit (just) it was straight to work. It was a great project to work on because they gave me a lot of creative control of my character, and I really wanted to portray a David Brent (The Office) like character, like a really fat black sheep in a white herd.

So we started filming in September of 2013, just after the Dockers had beaten Geelong in an away game in the first week of the finals. So the Dockers had a weeks break before they played Sydney in Fremantle’s first home preliminary final in two weeks time. This was a huge moment for the club because If we win this it will be the first Grand Final the Dockers have ever been in.

The first day of shooting was super intimidating, not because I was meeting some of my football idols but because the night before the first day of shooting I watched a documentary called Catching Hell about��the Chicago Cubs fan Steve Bartman who was blamed for the Chicago Cubs not winning a game that would of sent them to the world series. Not the best film to watch when you’re about to work with you’re sporting idols on the eve of the biggest game in the clubs history. To say it made me super paranoid the whole shoot is an understatement, and it didn’t help that the first shot of the day was with the Dockers marquee player Matthew Pavlich. The scene was me jumping on his back, FUCK RIGHT OFF. I’m twice the size of Pavlich and you’re dreaming if you think I’m jumping on his back. If you watch the scene I take the “mark” and I’m nowhere near Pavlich.

It was a great shoot because everything was time sensitive, the players had their other appointments so we literally only had 10 minutes for each shot with the players so we flew through the script.

I got to meet a lot of the players I was fans of like Ryan Crowley, Nat fyfe, I didn’t get to meet Michael Walters but the scene he’s in, my fat is hanging out of my footy jersey and I did hear him say to David Mundy “That dude looks like a bag of oranges” which was funny, but Ideally I would of preferred he made the joke to me so I could of gained a fan when I busted his balls back, but unfortunately it wasn’t to be.

The last shot of the film was me gate crashing a press conference with Michael Barlow . Barlow did the interview and the CEO at the time did a big speech thanking the media for their support throughout the year and if they wouldn’t mind hanging around for 10 minutes so we could get our last shot. We smashed out the shot in 2 takes, boom we’re finished, I’m told not to tell anyone about the film until it airs the following week, easy enough right.

Wrong, the next day I’m back at work and people are looking at me like I’m the biggest piece of shit in the world, because one of the media outlets had filmed me gate crashing the Michael Barlow press conference, and passed it off like I was genuinely gate crashing the press conference.

I had to tell people it was for a film which didn’t help the situation because they thought because I do comedy it must have been some Jackass type movie I was doing. It also didn’t help the situation that Radio talk back shows were crucifying me saying how unfunny I was and how big of a dickhead I was for gate crashing the Barlow press conference, but I didn’t care too much because I knew the film was coming out the following week. It didn’t stop my Mum and my sister writing a long scathing letter to the radio station about how they should do their research before they try to shame their baby boy on the radio. Luckily I was able to stop them from sending it out.

The film came out the following week as well as the entries for the other films that we were competing against, the winners would be based on who had the most likes, shares and views. The first film we were up against was by the St Kilda Saints who managed to get Eric Bana to star in their film, it still makes me chuffed to think I starred in a film that went head to head with an Eric Bana film. The second film was by the Melbourne Demons which was a documentary about a child fan who was very sick, third place was us, and the rest of the films were Essendon Bombers which was fucking terrible and a few other teams who I can’t remember.

The film was released the night the Fremantle Dockers played Sydney Swans in a game which would determine who would be playing Hawthorn in the grand final the following week. Literally the clubs biggest game in their history at that point so the game was sold out and 50,000 people got to see me make an ass out of myself and it was humbling how much the Dockers supporters loved it. But more importantly the Dockers smashed the Swans and were headed for their first ever Grand Final.

Being the Dockers fan I am, there was no chance in hell we were missing out on seeing the Dockers play in their first Grand Final. I had cousin’s overseas who cut their holiday short to make it back in time for the Grand Final. It was such an amazing experience heading over for the grand final, and thanks to the film I was a bit of a star amongst Dockers supporters. I was flying over with my dad and at the same time One Direction were flying in and all these young preteen girls were waiting for them with signs and screaming for One Direction. I’m chilling with my dad waiting to board our flight and a family of Dockers fans came over and asked for a photo. All of these young preteen girls were looking at me with a confused look on their face wondering who I was and while they were distracted by me, One Direction walked past the crowd of fans with out any of them noticing.

The morning after we arrived in Melbourne we went straight to the Grand Final Parade which is one of the biggest events of the AFL Grand Final week. All the fans line the street to watch the two competing teams drive through the streets of Melbourne and ends with a big speech on the government steps and the captains of each club holding the trophy in front of their screaming fans. When the event finished all the Dockers fans turned to walk away and saw me in the street. Everyone stopped to shake my hand and to get photos, treating me like a full blown celebrity, even a girl who I had a crush on in High school asked me for a photo and I got to experience all this with my family watching. It was a very surreal and amazing experience to say the least.

The next day was the Grand Final, all the Dockers fans met at Federation Square before the game so we could march to the Melbourne Cricket Ground like soldiers marching to war. It was a sight that Melbourne people have never seen by an interstate club, which made me incredibly proud to be a Dockers fan. Being apart of the film, Dockers fans continued to stop and cheer me as we all marched to the MCG.

When we got to the MCG I was starting to get anxious for the game, my cousins could see me becoming more anxious, which is why they started screaming out "Look it’s the Unsung Docker” every 5 minutes. I had Dockers fans lining up to get a photo with me and then Hawthorn supporters and famous AFL commentators would walk past with a look on their face like “Who the fuck is this guy”

The Dockers ended up losing the Grand Final and we headed to the Dockers after party which felt more like a wake. After the Dockers lost the game I also found out that we also finished fourth in the film competition behind the Essendon Bombers who got the fucking Janoskians to pump out their film amongst their fans and got their views up with comments like “I’m only here because I like the Janoskians” (I’m still bitter about it). In one afternoon I managed to see my favourite team lose the ultimate prize and have my payment for the film pinched from me by some shit head kids, it was a rough way to end what was otherwise a truly amazing experience.

I wasn’t too disappointed though, the film helped me get an acting agent in Sydney which has lead to some amazing acting opportunities. I’ll share some more stories down the track. The Dockers unfortunately haven’t made it to another Grand Final since 2013, but hopefully one day I’m at the right bar at the right time to have a drink with the new president of the Dockers and we can get the wheels moving on The Unsung Docker 2

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mahmah-tee · 5 years ago

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introtopryear3 · 2 years ago

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Entry 8: Stkilda Dare Player of the round

This is a vote ran by the St Kilda Football Club whereby fans are able to vote through the saints app for who they believe was the best players for that round.

The vote is promoted through social media sites such as Facebook and Instagram as well as there website. Through these sites it reminds the public how to vote through the saints app as well as how long they have left to put there votes in which is usually 48 hours.

The campaign is promoted in cooperation with major sponsor ‘Dare’, with the campaign not only named after the sponsor but also featuring the Dare logo on the initial post. Fans are enticed with the opportunity to win 2 tickets to the 2022 St Kilda Trevor Barker awards night, with those who vote put into a draw which is drawn at the end of the year.

Winning players of the award each week are posted on both Instagram and Facebook.This increases the overall credibility of the award which will likely promote more and more people to vote as they will want to see the player they voted for congratulated on the large forum that social media provides.

I think this campaign is effective as it enabled me to feel as though i’m interacting with the club in a small way, through having a role in deciding who was best on ground each week. Players are also tagged in the post which enables you connect emotionally with that player in a small way, especially if you voted for them and they won as this would undoubtedly give that player a small sense of joy.

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don-lichterman · 3 years ago

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St Kilda 3.3, 6.7 (43)G.Coast 3.1, 6.1 (37) GOALSSt Kilda: Higgins 2, King 2, Gresham, HayesG.Coast: Ainsworth, Rankine, Casboult, Ellis, Holman, Chol DISPOSALSSt Kilda: Sinclair 16, McKenzie 15, Battle 14, Ross 14, Steele 14G.Coast: Miller 16, Weller 16, Markov 14 The bookies had the high riding Saints at $1.30 favourites for this game with the Gold Coast an unwanted $3.40 chance before the…

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hability565 · 3 years ago

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Collingwood Magpies v St Kilda Saints scores, fixtures, teams, ladder, odds, tickets, players

There was a lovely tribute to Shane Warne pre-match when his son Jackson tossed the coin. It was then down to business, and the Magpies made a statement early. A fresh, attacking game plan was quickly obvious, so, too, the ball hunting of father-son draftee Nick Daicos (nine first-term touches) and former Bulldog Patrick Lipinksi (10 and a goal). Jordan De Goey.Credit:Getty Images The latter…

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getseriouser · 5 years ago

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20 THOUGHTS: Dirty Dane, Dirty Scott

USUALLY by now the top eight’s pretty set and we’re starting to plot the machinations of an upcoming finals series.

But no, you feel that whilst Brisbane should be safe now, they need just three more wins from the last eight games, from Adelaide down to even North and Sydney it’s actually a fair bit up in the air.

Richmond, to be fair, are on the march and you’d be a fool to bet against another finals appearance for them, but Freo, Port, Essendon, as likely to make the eight as they would be to finish 11th.

All to play for, as they say in the classics.

1. Neale Daniher, Victorian of the Year. Outstanding. Now puts him in as a candidate for Australian of the Year in six months’ time. Has to happen. Great news.

2. Steve Hocking after the Score Review failed to see a blatant touched behind by the GWS last Thursday: “Adam Kennedy didn’t touch the ball from my view… and we support the decision.” Either he is lying or enormously stupid. Not sure which one’s a better result. Liked him as Cats CEO, he has utterly failed as AFL footy boss.

3. Whilst we’re on rules, still hate the current advantage rule, where a whistle is blown, everyone stops but if the ball is in the lap of the team with the free, they can resume running and its play on. Pay the free but don’t blow the whistle until you need to stop play. Simple.

4. Majak Daw is playing footy this weekend. That’s just remarkable. Call him lucky, blessed, chosen, whatever you like, the fact he is here is all that matters, but gee I hope he goes well. Great story.

5. And Dayne Beams, yeah I get the suspiciousness and maybe there is overlap, I’m interested in the truth not looking to wear black and white glasses on this. But on the proviso its full legit and I don’t have any reasons to think otherwise given last year too, this is tough. Players can really struggle, clearly, but Tom Boyd, Dayne Beams, shit, do yourself a favour and google Wayne Schwass’s comments this week – suicidal winning a Grand Final. The black dog is real and it doesn’t play nice, kids.

6. Speaking of the Pies, wowee what a spot. Worst performance in 20 years last weekend, and 1999 was a really shit year. The Pies’ best makes a Grand Final, the Pies’ worst languishes around 7-9 wins, this is a team that soared last year on momentum and chemistry not necessarily oodles of talent. So when the gelling takes a hit with injury, exacerbated by a lack of application like the last month or so, all it takes is a red hot North to usurp everything

7. Here’s the kicker, this result might end up being the kick up the backside this team needs. Sounds like a very honest week down at the Holden Centre, and the team still has enough talent and wins in the bank to be a bonafide top four side. This goes one of two ways – it is indeed a circuit breaker and they get back on the winners list against Hawthorn and now they’re hunting again, no longer the hunted. Or, Clarkson adds to the misery and this is no longer just a rut, it’s a full on slump with no sign of imminent optimism. With West Coast in Perth and GWS in Sydney to come to mind you.

8. Some are saying this is all Jaidyn Stephenson’s absence. Yeah nah. He is a good player, was in form, and key to the structure, all that, but when it’s all said and done he isn’t that much of a difference when you couldn’t kick more than an Auskick score against a team coached by a caretaker. Bless Jaidyn and his Sportsbet account balance, but he ain’t Gary Ablett Snr. Relax.

9. So how about North – under Rhyce Shaw they look like the plan that was meant to be realised all along. Tough, uncompromising, a nice streak of skill in there too, they smashed the Pies and looked mesmerising. The body of work the Kangas have displayed since Brad Scott moved on show nothing but green shoots for a positive 2020, I’d have the over/under for wins next season at 12.5.

10. Then there’s John Longmire, balancing a desire to stay the course in Sydney with the romantic and somewhat compelling challenge to come back to Arden St., as no doubt put on him significantly at the now infamous 1999 premiership reunion some weeks ago. I still think he stays, but North are definitely in the conversation. Maybe 70-30 Swans, not quite 60-40?

11. What do we make of Brad Scott? We know that teams under a caretaker coach are uncannily good at winning the first week up but Paul Roos aside it’s usually just the one game of newfound ability before regular programming resumes. And history tells us Roos was one hell of a coach regardless. But Shaw is showing with the sample size now that he is coaching this team better than Scott was, so to those teams thinking he can take over next year, why? If anything right now, if I’m the Blues, I’d rather ask Rhyce Shaw if he is keen before Brad Scott.

12. People often mention St Kilda, but gee Alan Richardson would be stiff to cop it at this point in the season. Showed a lot to like against the Tigers for a long time last Sunday and sure, 6-8 isn’t where you want to be given how many years he has had, but this is not that a dire situation and nor is their plight squarely on the shoulders of a coach who isn’t getting the results. How much longer would you want to be patient in waiting, true, but to this point, I actually don’t think they should sack him, nor should we assume the Saints will have a coaching vacancy to fill this coming offseason anymore. They’re not Geelong, but they’re a damn sight better than Melbourne.

13. Given the last month of stumble, a top two finish for the Pies looks less likely and this actually would annoy the league-leaders Cats. Pies finish second, Cats host a home final in Geelong against the Eagles or Giants. But the Pies finish fourth and the minor premier Geelong would have to travel to the fourth-placed Collingwood at their home ground. To the Pies, finishing fourth is hardly any worse than finishing second.

14. But there’s not much you can do about it, Geelong’s ground will max out when its done at 40,000, which in a big final doesn’t cut it. So do you just say who cares no matter what and until the Grand Final a home final is a home final? The argument falls down either way.

15. Collingwood regaining form is the only thing that stops West Coast from finishing second – the Eagles’ run home for a reigning premier is as easy Elizabeth Taylor at a wedding chapel. Now, they’ve stumbled at home already this season but in September, with a fit Shuey, Yeo and Hurn all playing, they’re back at the big dance again this year for mine. Bloody hell.

16. And the Grand Final being locked in at the MCG became contentious again this week? Why? It’s not going to change any time soon so why sook over spilt milk that doesn’t even exist, but also, if you’re going to open it up, we think 55,000 at Adelaide Oval is where it’ll stop? What about hosting one at the 35,000 Gabba, to give Queensland a go? I’m sure Shanghai has a ground, I’ve seen it even, when Port Adelaide patronises the Gold Coast or St Kilda there once a year, lets host it there. Grand Finals since the Catholic Church’s been shady have been at the MCG, sure its not purely neutral, but its as neutral a ground you’ll fine. Just leave it.

17. Orazio Fantasia wants to play for Adelaide. He is ten years younger than Eddie Betts, so perhaps a replacement as the legend enters the twilight of his career. A footballer wanting to head home though, nothing new there. It’ll happen.

18. Interesting one from a bygone era, in 1938 where the twelve-team VFL was king on Saturdays and the twelve-team VFA was doing its best as the number two ticket in town on Sundays, there was talk of a competition merger that very much almost happened. The plan was the VFL would become Division One, the VFA of course Division Two, and the premier in the lower comp each year would be promoted whilst the wooden spoon in the big league would then be relegated down. Imagine if that had come through, where would we be now?...

19. Some cricket to end with – firstly, World Cup. Your pick for winner is as good as mine. All this title will take is a match winner or two stunning in the semi, then the same again in the final, and all four have plenty of match winners at their disposal. Who though, good luck. England was cooked last week and now look as good a value bet as you’ll see. Gun to my head though? India.

20. Marnus Laburschagne, bloody hell, you ideally wouldn’t want to pick him given the summer gone, he showed something but not enough, but he has just become the first County batsman to 1000 first-class runs for the season, so in supreme nick, and in English conditions. Hard to ignore.

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elevenhoursinfront-blog · 8 years ago

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23rd April 2017

We didn't wake up until midday. It was a fabulous sleep and it would've been for longer if Kat hadn't knocked on the door to chat about the night before. I was fine with it though, my stomach had thought my throat had been cut. I didn't have the slightest bit of a hangover, considering how drunk I felt, I was impressed. It must've been the 3 bottles of water I drank before leaving.

I forgot that Steve and I had booked AFL tickets for this afternoon. We had to leave at 1400. We were going with Mel, Sophie and her Irish friends, Max and her friend from the Netherlands. I was really excited but I felt bad for Dan and Meg who couldn't afford it. Megan found some weekend work doing sales with an Ideal home show type of thing. Someone pulled out last minute and she found the add on Gumtree. It's cash in hand, $15 an hour plus 18% commission for every sale she makes. She was selling a leather protector thing. She did it yesterday 1000-1800 and made $220 which was good. Hopefully she can do the same today. They'll be able to rest knowing they have a roof over their heads for longer.

Steve and I got showered and ready. It was 1315 before we were ready to leave the room. We didn't have time to cook so we went to Subway which is a few doors down. We live in the centre of the CBD (central business district) so everything you could possibly want is within a 5 minute walk. After food, we went back to meet everyone in the kitchen which was pretty pointless considering we had to go back outside to leave... The game was Geelong Cats VS St Kilda Saints. I was routing for Geelong Cats because of two reasons; 1) I love cats 2) They were navy and St Kilda were red (yuck). The tickets are like $20 and Steve wanted to go to a game before we left Australia. I was excited. We didn't need to pay for travel as it was in the free tram zone. We had to go 10 minutes to the Etihad Stadium. We arrived and went straight in. We went through gate 3 and sat in row 43-44. AFL is weird in the sense that you can sit wherever you like and it'll be mixed. You could be sitting next to a person supporting the opposite team and not get murdered. Strange right? We tried to understand what was going on but the rules seemed to change every 5 minutes. One minute it'd be okay to do something and the next it wasn't. Stupid game. It was more or less a draw throughout the whole match until the end quarter. Geelong Cats scored 4 times in a row putting them well into the lead - wahoo. I really enjoyed going and I'm glad I did but it was very different to an English football game. There wasn't much of an atmosphere and only 33,000 turned up. Sounds like loads but there were quite a few empty seats. The match was finished by 1730. Geelong won which hopefully puts them at the top of the league. They were second of the table at the start of the match. St Kilda were 10th. St Kilda Saints had 'Oh when the saints, go marching in' as their song to run out too. At the end of the match, Mel understood why they had done that. Because their team is called the St Kilda Saints... I laughed a lot.

We got back to our road when Sophie and Mel decided to go to Grilled. Grilled is a healthy burger place here in Australia although I don't understand how you can get healthy burgers with chips... Steve and I went along as he was starving. I wanted to cook a chicken curry but he would've faded away by then. The restaurant was down a tiny little alleyway. Melbourne is renowned for their use of alleys. They find the smallest gap between two brick walls and put 10 cafes down them. It's lovely. We all sat and had dinner together, singing along to the music and laughing away at Mel's stupid-ness.

We got back to the hostel around 2000. We all got ready to go and watch Cool Runnings. It was in tonight's movie marathon at 2100. I was definitely going to watch it no matter what. It's such a funny film! Sanka, ya dead? Ya man. I sat next to Sophie and Steve with Megan and Kat on the level behind. Sophie bought her duvet and popcorn which was a good idea. I'll do the same next time. After the film, I facetimed my Dad and Ange which was great. I love Sunday's as they're the day I'm most likely going to talk to people back home. I got to write out two blogs and then I'll facetime my mum. It's 0100 here and Steve is out at the Casino Sports Bar with Dan watching the Arsenal match. He said he will try and stay awake to watch the Liverpool but I don't think he'll make it.

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j-and-b-walkabout-blog · 8 years ago

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WEEK SIXTEEN (Feb 16 - Feb 22)

MELBOURNE, VIC, AUS // SYDNEY, NSW, AUS

We spent the first couple of days this week walking around and exploring the neighboring suburbs of Carlton and Fitzroy. In our own neighborhood, we visited CERES Community Environment Park beside the Merri Creek Trail. The 4.5 hectare eco-park is a unique non-profit centre offering an organic grocery & cafe, nursery, and environmental education. After purchasing a cold pressed juice from the market, we meandered around the park grounds amongst the community veggie gardens, flocks of chickens, and recycled art. On Friday night, we ate dinner at "Girasole Pizzeria" before walking over to Elisa and Andy's apartment to share a few beers on their balcony. We joined them and several of their mates at a bar/eatery called "Lazer Pig" and ended up at "Rook's Return," where our good pals Sally, Steve, and Steph met up as well. Friday nights in Fitzroy can get pretty wild, and it reminded us of Valencia Street in the Mission District of SF on the weekends. "Rook's Return" is the only bar we've been to that has offered Fernet Branca (a digestif uncommon outside of SF) at three different temperatures-- freezer cold, ice cold, and room temperature. They also had Forrest Brewing Company beer on tap, the same brewery we had visited while camping in the Great Otway National Park! We stayed out until closing time, and the following day was spent ordering Ramen delivery, drinking tea, and packing bags for our upcoming Sydney trip to meet up with Brittany's family on Sunday morning.

In order to coordinate our flight's arrival with that of Nancy and Brieann, we had purchased tickets for a 7am flight. This unfortunately meant a 3:45am wake-up call to ensure we had enough time to get to the airport and through security. After a quick hour flight, we made our way to the Arrivals gate in the International Terminal and waited in anticipation for Britt's mom and sister to make an appearance…reunited at last! SInce our check-in at the Airbnb wasn't until 2pm, the four of us hopped on the train to Central Station and dropped off our luggage at their baggage storage service. From there, we walked to the affluent Surrey Hills suburb for Sunday brunch at "Four Ate Five" on Crown Street. It was a beautiful day out, so we spent the rest of the morning walking up and down the tree-lined streets and poking our heads in and out of the various shops along Crown. At 2pm, we checked into our accommodation on Belvoir St, left our bags, and then made our way to Sydney's Circular Quay for views of the Opera House and Harbour Bridge. We sat down for dinner on the water at "Buckley's" when it started to lightly rain. The sun was setting behind the clouds and engulfed the entire Sydney Harbour in a warm golden hue before ultimately fading to purple as nightfall approached (#nofilter).

The next day, we took a double-decker Big Bus tour of Sydney and its Eastern Suburbs (including Bondi Beach). We boarded the hop-on hop-off bus at George Street near Circular Quay and enjoyed our view from the upper deck. The narrated tour was 90 minutes long, and it drove us passed famous Sydney sites such as: Cook & Phillip Park, King's Cross, Woolloomooloo Bay, Sydney Opera House, Royal Botanical Gardens, NSW State Library, Hyde Park, Chinese Gardens, and the Rocks. We disembarked at the Rocks (the site of Australia's first permanent settlement), and enjoyed gelato as we browsed through historic alleyways and shop windows. With plenty of daylight left, we hopped back on the Big Bus headed toward Bondi Beach. For a monday afternoon, the world-famous beach was packed, and after snapping some photos we ventured to Bondi's main strip in search of a cold beer. We ended up taking the last Big Bus from North Bondi to Central Station, passing through the gorgeous waterfronts of Rose Bay and Double Bay (affectionately known as "Double Pay" due to the area's high property values). Once back in Surrey Hills, we took a short walk to "Trinity Bar" for dinner and a nightcap on the outdoor back deck.

The following morning started out with an beautiful ferry ride to Sydney's Taronga Zoo, a renowned facility situated on a hillside overlooking Sydney Harbour. We began our visit at the top entrance of the zoo in order to end up at the bottom near the ferry docks when we finished. Nancy and Brieann were most excited to see the native Australian fauna, and we were able to get up close with kangaroos, koalas, a platypus, wallabies, and an abundance of native birds. Unfortunately, Nancy had injured her knee upon her arrival in Australia, but luckily the zoo provides wheelchairs free of charge for guests that require them. We spent several hours zipping in and out of each exhibit, and then took the ferry back to Circular Quay for an early dinner at "The Waterfront"-- a nautical-themed restaurant housed in a historic building at the Rocks. Since we were leaving for Melbourne the next morning, we purchased a bottle of wine and chose to spend the evening indoors at our AirBnb in Surrey Hills.

The four of us ate breakfast inside the Sydney Airport as we waited to board our Melbourne bound flight. Once landed, we picked up our rental car and dropped our luggage off at our place in Brunswick East (fortunately our house has a spare room, and Brittany's family were able to stay with us!) We immediately left the house for a late lunch feast at "Moroccan Deli-cacy" before driving out to see the beach at Saint Kilda on Port Phillip Bay. After walking along the beach's esplanade, we shopped a bit on Acland Street, and Brittany and Brieann found a few vintage inspired dresses at Melbourne-designed clothing store, "Princess Highway." Around 7pm, we drove to the lively Queen Victoria Wednesday Night Market to check out the numerous craft vendors, down a couple of Cooper's Pale Ales, and grab a bite to eat. The markets shut down at 10pm, so we made our way home and slept soundly as a result from being on the go for the past few days.

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Eagles knock Demons out of AFL finals | AFL finals

The Eagles' finals hopes were on a knife's edge up until the last five minutes. St Kilda will be aggressive in AFL trade and free agency after they missed out on a finals berth for the sixth year in a row. Richmond fans, though, will turn out in their thousands, you'd have to expect, for their final game before what is appearing to be their most promise finals run in years. When Jack Darling followed up minutes later with a courageous mark on the goal line, and converted, the Eagles were home in what was the final AFL game at Subiaco.

The home and away season is done and dusted. Franklin ended the season with 69 majors, with Kennedy next best on 65. Proud coach Damien Hardwick has lauded Richmond's AFL resurgence, saying they are capable of the ultimate in this finals series.The AFL has confirmed this year's finals series will launch with a Thursday night blockbuster. CHAMPION St Kilda footballer Nick Riewoldt is content with his decision to retire - and bullish about the Saints' prospects without him.

The Tigers will face the Cats at the MCG after Sunday's 41-point win against St Kilda, with coach Damien Hardwick leading the team into finals for the fourth time in five years. He sometimes misses out on the accolades dished upon Josh Kelly, Marcus Bontempelli, Christian Petracca and Jake Lever, but his numbers and impact are elite.West Coast have snatched eighth spot from Melbourne in the last five minutes of the AFL season. Finals beckon for the Bombers but they wouldn't be there if not for Zach Merrett. West Coast coach Adam Simpson is daring to dream of a fairytale flag after watching his team scrape into the AFL finals with a 29-point win over Adelaide in Perth on Sunday. Now we turn our attention to week one of the finals. Ainslie have booked their ticket to another AFL Canberra grand final but they'll be sweating on the availability of Hayden Armstrong after he was reported before the bounce. For much of this season, these two were considered the likely grand finalists. And more importantly had already displaced Melbourne in eighth place on the AFL ladder.

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After the siren: Flaws that could stop contenders

FIFTEEN weeks into the season and what remains abundantly clear is the premiership race is as wide open as it has ever been.

If you’re the AFL, it is the culmination of years of carefully crafted and meticulously implemented equalisation plans. On any given Friday, Saturday, Sunday (and the occasional Monday and Thursday) any team can beat another team.

But what is also becoming clear is that the 2017 premiership might not be won by a champion team, necessarily, but perhaps the team with the fewest flaws.

So, at the risk of being branded the resident curmudgeon on AFL.com.au, let’s look at the flaw that might just hold back each of the premiership contenders in 2017.

• The run home: How the race for the finals is shaping up

Greater Western Sydney: On paper, the best team in the competition, but the clock is ticking on whether the Giants will be able to field their best 22 ahead of the finals. Brett Deledio hasn’t played, Stephen Coniglio will have missed half a season when he returns and Ryan Griffen likely won’t play until the start of the finals. And then there is the discipline issue that lingers just beneath the surface. Had Steve Johnson – whose absence arguably cost the Giants in their preliminary final last year – not given away a dumb 50m penalty on Saturday night that gifted the Cats a goal, GWS may yet have won.

Adelaide: The heaviest scoring team in the competition and if the Crows can play the game on their terms, they are really hard to stop. But they’re 4-4 in their past eight games and laboured to the line against the Blues on Saturday. Would they have made it past their fellow top-eight clubs on that effort? Debatable.

Geelong: There was a lot to like about the Cats on Saturday night – three debutants and almost getting the win away to the Giants. But they blew a chance to score a big win on the road and in such an even season, the ability to win on the road is critical. The Cats travel to the Gabba this week and then to Adelaide to face the Crows a fortnight after that. They need to take care of business on the road when they can.

Richmond: Seats aboard the Tiger train are filling fast after the slashing win over Port Adelaide on Saturday night. But can the 11th-best attack in the competition win a premiership? That’s what the Tigers need to deal with. A 2017 flag to the Tigers will be built on the back of a brilliant backline and it won’t be the first time that has happened.

Melbourne: A bit like the Giants, the Demons are struggling to get their best team on the park. And their next few weeks might see them without three midfield guns – Nathan Jones, Jack Viney and Dom Tyson. And then there’s the discipline. Having Jesse Hogan and Jordan Lewis unavailable earlier in the season arguably cost the Demons a win or two, Tom Bugg won’t be playing any time soon, while Dean Kent, Jay Kennedy-Harris, Ben Kennedy and Jake Spencer weren’t considered for selection last week after breaking club rules during the week. Not ideal. Not this year.

Port Adelaide: With the second-best percentage in the competition and the second-most points for, the Power can get the scoreboard working. But the form line is the worry here. Saturday night’s capitulation to Richmond – at home – continued a season-long trend of Port losing to teams in the eight. Even coach Ken Hinkley agrees there is no counterpoint unless his men knock over one of the big boys.

West Coast: Working out which West Coast will turn up week to week is the biggest issue for Adam Simpson. Are they the mob that meekly surrendered a comfortable late lead to Melbourne last week, or the group that travelled across the country the next, overcoming a couple of injuries to knock over the reigning premiers? It was huge for the Eagles to pick up a much-needed win at in Melbourne, but they’ve twice failed at the MCG this year.

• Around the state leagues: Who starred in your club’s twos?

Sydney: The Swans are the form team of the competition, having come back from a 0-6 start to the cusp of the top eight. Their best footy is the best in the competition. But how many petrol tickets have they spent to get back in contention? The Swans have no margin for error and cannot afford to flirt with their form.

St Kilda: It’s all coming together for the Saints, but a look at their season shows a pair of three-game winning streaks. They’re riding another of those now, which adds to the intrigue of the Richmond game coming up. Win four straight at this time of the year and you start to have the makings of a really good side. The intensity that marked the win over GWS earlier this year was on display again for large parts of the Freo game. But is it the norm for St Kilda in 2017?

The Tribunal times, they should be a-changin’

Some of the inner workings of the AFL’s judicial processes were laid bare on Saturday in a deep-dive interview with AFL football boss Simon Lethlean on ABC radio.

It came after a huge week on the Tribunal front with the Bachar Houli suspension and subsequent AFL-led appeal, and then the crude Tom Bugg strike on Callum Mills on Friday night, which surely will be referred straight to the Tribunal when the Match Review Panel meets on Monday.

What we learned was that while the MRP’s standing as an independent body remains enshrined, Lethlean has a look at what incidents are likely to be reviewed and the recommended sanctions (and otherwise) before they are finalised. There may be times when the MRP seeks his counsel during its deliberations.

But it remains an antiquated system in some ways. It is almost the last vestige of a semi-professional competition once played exclusively in the suburbs of Melbourne, only on Saturday afternoons and run by administrators who could only deal with the affairs of the game at night once their days in the factory, classroom or office were done.

• Nine things we learned from round 15

While it is a given that Bugg will be going straight to the Tribunal, the fact that it won’t be officially confirmed until Monday afternoon is absurd. The medical report that Lethlean said the MRP will rely on in making its adjudication will be available well before Monday morning, given the Swans played on Friday night. There needs to be process, but there is also video technology (Telstra, being an official partner of the AFL, could surely help in this regard) that could allow the MRP to meet remotely, as early as Saturday to make its ruling following Friday night games and, increasingly, Thursday night games as well.

ANALYSIS: Bugg has only one move left

Until that happens, the Bugg episode will be replayed over and over and over again and the game won’t have moved on from the days of black shorts at home, white shorts away and black and white TV.

The entire AFL judicial process will be reviewed at the end of the season, as it is every year. It is a complicated and multi-layered system. But just as Lethlean courageously defied years of convention by appealing the Houli suspension, he could add some speed and contemporary thinking to the MRP system that sometimes takes too long.

Swans throw players’ code out the window

Of course, what the MRP won’t need to take into consideration are the views of some of Mills’ teammates. Perhaps Bugg brought this all upon himself with his provocative pre-game Instagram message before the Bulldogs game a few weeks back, but the Swans were quite forthright in their condemnation of Bugg after Friday’s game, in a clear departure from the old-fashioned players code that would suddenly appear after a contentious incident.

Defender Nick Smith gave one example on 3AW: “(I was) taught to play footy the right way. You want to hurt your opposition, but not in that fashion.” It was the polite but direct sort of dig one would expect from the Scotch College-educated Smith. But there were no airs and graces from teammate Tom Papley, who told AAP simply that it was a “dog act”.

We think that’s what Smith wanted to say, only he’s a bit too polite.

Nick Smith told Tom Bugg what he really thought on Friday night. Picture: AFL Photos

Lions’ den gets a lot more attractive

That’s one hell of a coaching job Chris Fagan is doing at the Gabba after the Brisbane Lions came from 27 points down early in the final quarter to beat Essendon at Etihad Stadium, sending a huge 41,000 crowd home in stunned silence.

More weeks than not there has been a bit to like about the Lions and on Sunday it was four goals from the rapidly emerging Eric Hipwood and 29 classy touches in just his second game from last year’s No.23 draft pick Alex Witherden. When Lewis Taylor and Dayne Zorko play well, the Lions become that much harder to beat.

The Lions are on a journey and they’re savouring every moment. Witness the unbridled excitement from coach Chris Fagan afterwards in the coach’s box, on the ground and in the rooms.

The Lions can’t make the finals and will likely win the wooden spoon. But if you’re the No.1 rated junior in the country, you’d have few qualms about joining a club that has bottomed out and is starting its climb back to respectability.

• Forecast the road to the flag with the AFL Ladder and Finals Predictor

Other observations

1. 30, 30, 25, 95, 103 and 19. That’s the losing margins for St Kilda in their last six trips to Domain Stadium before Sunday. The Saints should have knocked over West Coast in round two, but ran out of steam, but they powered home with two late goals to Josh Bruce to beat Fremantle by nine points after trailing at every change. Before Sunday they had lost 11 out of 12 outside Victoria. Brilliant, brilliant win by the Saints as they put a major bogey to bed.

2. All the Saints won’t take home to Victoria are the three Brownlow votes. They will go to Michael Walters, who with 32 touches, six marks and six goals, played one of the best games by a small forward you will ever see. Plaudits to the Saints, but the Dockers would have been worthy winners on his efforts alone.

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3. It was a nice weekend for those making their debut, with Tyson Stengle booting two for the Tigers on debut in Adelaide, as did Wylie Buzza for the Cats in the draw against the Giants. Buzza now has the best name in footy, although not for too long. The potential debut of Irving Mosquito in 2019, perhaps for the Hawks as part of their Next Generation academy, has footy’s name watchers giddy with excitement.

4. Adelaide Oval has been the scene of a pair of nice redemption stories in the past two weeks. After being kept goalless in a half by Port Adelaide in round 11, the Hawks came back three weeks later to knock over the Crows. Richmond, meanwhile, lost by 76 points to the Crows in round six, before returning 10 weeks later to beat the Power by 13. The ghosts of the Tigers’ 2014 finals humiliation might have been put to bed once and for all.

5. The nice story of the weekend was Nathan Vardy kicking the sealer for West Coast against the Bulldogs on Saturday. The star-crossed big man managed just 25 games in six years for Geelong and sought a fresh start with the Eagles this year. And while he might have initially been thought of as cover for the season while Nic Naitanui’s reconstructed ACL slowly healed, Vardy has not skipped a beat all year. As he said in a candid post-game interview on Fox Footy afterwards, football is supposed to be fun, but it is anything but when you can’t get on the park. Also good for the Eagles on Saturday was key defender Eric Mackenzie, who has struggled mightily since injuring his knee in 2014. But his confidence is returning and it allows the Eagles to play Jeremy McGovern forward, where he is at his most dangerous.

WATCH: Vardy brilliance gets Eagles home

6. Trent Cotchin the best captain in the league? We’re not buying that just yet. But how good was the change-room vision of Cotchin calmly talking to a clearly rattled Alex Rance at half-time on Saturday night. The soothing talk must have had the desired effect because after a half of being run around by Jackson Trengove, Rance went back to being the best full-back in the competition in the second half and helped engineer a fabulous win.

7. The Hawks have eschewed the hard tag in recent years and let’s face it, they haven’t really needed to. They’ve let the likes of Scott Pendlebury run amok in recent years but it hasn’t mattered much because overall talent would win out. So the Hawks have turned to youngster Dan Howe and in the last fortnight he has kept Rory Sloane to 23 touches without having much of an influence while on Sunday it was 250-gamer Pendlebury who was kept to 21 touches without ever getting on the leash. The coaching at Hawthorn remains very, very good.

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