Tuesday, April 24, 2007

BBQ

What are Aussies doing on Sunday afternoons - BBQs, right. I've been to BBQs the last two weekends and I learned that it is the best way to spend the Sunday afternoon when you have a slight hang-over. Just relax in the sun, have a beer and enjoy the food.
For those who seek relaxed activity I can recomment lawnball. I haven't heard of it before, but it can be easily described. It is similar to boccia: Everyone has a ball and the goal is to come closest to a ball in a distance. However instead of throwing the ball, you roll it on the lawn. Sounds simple so far, but the trick is that the ball has different weights on each side. Thus it makes a curve when it rolls. The main challenge thus is to estimate the distance and the curve it makes.
I hope I didn't confuse you with my description. You can see some pictures taken by Tom, a volleyball colleague, and his friends at his birthday party last weekend.

PS: I forgot to mention that similar to Boccia, it is mainly played by elderly. However I can't understand why, because it's really cool.

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