HAWTHORN ROCKS!!

The past Saturday was probably the most important day of the year for most Australians... it's the Grand Final footy match between Hawthorn and Geelong...btw footy is the Australian football which is almost the same as American football except for few differences which i don't know...:P


All Aussies love this... from old to young, men to women, girl to boy...
it's the game that made Australia... so it's a traitor not to like this game...
Most shops have posters or decorations to support their hometown team...

like these few shops in Hawthorn...







Everyone's like wearing the uniform of their favourite team... there's one place where there's a whole field of people wearing the same thing..but too bad i can't take the picture bcos i was in the train..

The match was in the afternoon... and eventually, Hawthorn or also called the Hawks won.. it's the one with the brown and yellow stripes
i think it's the first time Hawthorn won after 17 years... cuz from the news, they made history!!!

Usually, on Saturday nights, there would be QUITE many people in the city... but when it reaches 11 something, everyone starts to go home...

However for this particular Saturday, it's just different due to the game and it's part of the celebration...

i knew it would be a busier Saturday so i took the train to the city at around half past ten...
but i didn't expect it to be so busy.... usually the trains at 10 something would have plenty of seats but for that day...i not only have to stand but have to squeeze in....

and when i reached the city, there were MUCH more people... well, most people were actually going to the bars...for celebration..

Have you seen people queueing up just to get into the bar??? well, i haven't until that saturday... and it's not just only one bar but EVERY bar....Where do all these people come from...i thought Australia has got a population less than Malaysia's...




one of the bars near Swinburne... overcrowded...



one lounge opposite Flinders Street Station... also overcrowded...


another bar opposite Flinders Street... also overcrowded...


plus the people crossing the road...needless to say...


another one next to the river... also packed


Packed...


and this one... i think it's the MOST OVERCROWDED bar i've ever seen... look at how long the queue is... there's still queue outside the picture.... and some more the bar is not a small one... it's quite big...

i bet there would be attendants telling their customers..."TIMES UP!! STOP DANCING AND GET OUT OF THE BAR NOW!!!........NEXT PLEASE......

or

CALLING FOR NUMBER 2058....CALLING FOR NUMBER 2059!!!!

Well, i'm never interested in bars... yet to say "sardine tin" bars.... so i walked around the city taking pictures instead...



this is Flinders Street Station... the major train station in the city...



this is the Art Center of Melbourne... i think...looks like Eifle Tower...


view at one side of the river...


another view at the other side of the river....




isn't this magical...






Taxis...taxis everywhere... this peak hour should only happen a few times in a year... so it would be stupid for taxi drivers not to work at this time...







one building in Federation Square... all the buildings here are built in an artistic way...


and as i walked under the bridge, i saw this man playing playing saxaphone, trying to earn money... but why play here... there're not many people walking past... different people different
thinking..



by the way, Andy Lau is gonna have a concert in Australia... spreading his fame to the Western community....