Yesterday was the AFL Grand Final - which means nothing to most of you - AFL is Australian Football League, football in this instance being Australian rules football not soccer and for grand final think

How good is this? A small bloke is taking a big spectacular mark to help his team get into next week's grand final. Photo credit for these screen shots to the AFL and Brisbane Lions, which I got for instgram.

An angry bearded dragon lizard in the nature reserve. They can put on quite a show when you get too close for their liking. I reckon this one was just about to start breathing fire. Luckily, they have

Sorting and throwing stuff out. After what feels like a lifetime of getting work related things done. I have a bit of time to look at things that I have just shoved into cubboards and boxes. I was always

I used to play a bit of Australian rules football and coach some juniors at this ground. I stopped on the way past because there was some nice morning light and it is now your football final time in

Reminds me of the old Clint Eastwood Movie, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. I used to really like the Dirty Harry character hard but a good person and fair. Sometimes I feel like my life has been similar.

Has got to be parkrun! A free weekly timed event, it just does not get any better! It has got to have saved me a small fortune over the ten years I have been doing it. Just about every other sport I have

I was having trouble deciding on a hero. I am not sure I actually look up to any one that much to be called a hero but there a few I have a lot of respect for. My choice ended up between two very different

Australian Football is back and my favourite team is in town so i went along to support the boys. I cheer for the Geelong Cats but live in a different city, so dont get to see them too often. We arrived

Welcome to The 23rd edition of the series - Scenes from a bike This Edition facts: Location: Something different today. Australia's local football - Australian Rules or AFL. And my local team - The North

Helping my son's Australian Rules football team win a Junior Premiership. We had been involved with this club for years. I started helping and coaching in the under eights and each year the team bonded

Earlier this week, I posted about the amazing debut of Jewish Aussie Rules Football Player Harry Sheezel, who wowed all and sundry with his almost best-on-ground performance. On the basis of that performance,

Back in November, I posted about Harry Sheezel, a young Jewish man drafted by the North Melbourne Australian Rules Football club, the first Jewish player to enter the league since 1999. Unfortunately,

Longtime readers may recall that one of my favorite sports is Australian Rules Football (and one of my favorite players is Nic Naitanui - or as I call him "Netanyahu"). There has been some excitement

It Grand Final time in the AFL (Australian Football League) - think Superbowl or FA cup final for our local version of football - Australian rules. About 4km down the road from where I like in Melbourne

Welcome to The eighth edition of the series - Scenes from a bike This Edition facts: Location: I've been to this place hundreds of times, I saw my very first game of Australian Rules Football at this ground

The supporting of sports teams is a weird thing. It's hard to explain to none believers what it means to tie some of your enjoyment of life to a group of players running around the field on the weekend.

Last night the Richmond Tigers and the Geelong Cats took to the field in the last match for the year. It was a wet oval after a heavy deluge a few hours before the game soaked the area. The game was close

Today is a big day in Australian sporting. Today is the Grand Final for the Australian Rules Football League. This final is to Australia what the SuperBowl is to the USA in terms of football finals. The

I've been coming home to football for a while now. It's been a long journey and there's been more than a few stumbles along the way. I am almost there. Every step closer hurts, but hurts so good as the