Sport in Australia
Топик Спорт в Австралии познакомит вас с отношением к спорту австралийцев. В действительности, австралийцы уделяют очень большое внимание спорту: численность населения всей страны всего 16 миллионов человек, а чемпионов мира во всех видах спорта – большое количество. Популярные виды спорта: серфинг, крикет, теннис, верховая езда, гонки на яхтах и уникальный Австралийский футбол. Круглый год в Австралии проводятся спортивные турниры и праздники: регаты, родео, верблюжьи бега и марафоны.
A lot of Australians think you shouldn’t worry too much about life.
But some things
Australians are lucky. They have a perfect climate, and an endless amount of land. They have wonderful waves f 01 surfers on their beaches. They also have a strong wish to win. Put these together and you get a lot of good sportsmen and women. In fact, Australia has a very high number of world champions, in all kinds of sports, for a country of only 16 million people.
Around the country you’ll find plenty of opportunities to enjoy squash, tennis, trail riding (horse or motorcycle), fishing and so on. Surfing is almost a religion for many Australians who follow the waves around the country and there are a number of important surfing contests.
You’ll find football of assorted types including the unique Australian Rules Football. Then, there’s motor racing and motorcycle racing, horse racing, yacht racing, cricket matches and lots more.
The best thing, of course, is to play sport yourself. But if you can’t, or you don’t want to, then you can watch other people doing it. Every
year, more than 100,000 people go to the final of Australian Rules Football. Crowds of more than 90,000 watch the big cricket matches against India, Pakistan, New Zealand and England. There are sport happenings and holidays in Australia year round. Here are some of them.In February there’s Regatta Day with boat races and other water activities.
In June in Darwin the Beer Can Regatta takes place when there are boat races for boats constructed entirely out of beer cans – there are plenty of those in the world’s beer drinking capital.
In August in the Northern Territory camel racing is on in Alice Springs, and then the Apex Rodeo is held, one of the biggest rodeo in Australia – the town fills up with cowboys.
Meanwhile in Sydney, Australians biggest race takes place with 25,000 competitors running the 14 km from Hyde Park to Bondi Beach in the city ace. It is a public holiday in Victoria but the whole country shuts down for the three minutes or so which the race takes.
In December the Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race starts on the 26th, a fantastic sight as the yachts stream out of the harbour and head south.
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