boho|punk » australian open http://bohopunk.com Mon, 22 Aug 2016 00:21:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.7 http://media.bohopunk.com/sites/3/var/www/html/wp-content/blogs.dir/3/files/2015/07/Boho_Punk_Logo-Final-55ab0bb2v1_site_icon-32x32.png » australian open http://bohopunk.com 32 32 2014 in 12 Pictures http://bohopunk.com/2014/12/31/2014-in-12-pictures/ http://bohopunk.com/2014/12/31/2014-in-12-pictures/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2014 22:38:10 +0000 http://old.bohopunk.com/?p=2471 2014 was a big year for us.  We moved across the world, made new friends, caught up with old friends, travelled a lot and got married.  I challenged myself (and Ben) to think through the past 12 months, choose the highlights and find a photo to go with it.

January

We went to our first cricket match, took a drive down to Phillip Island to see the little penguins and attended the final match at the Australian Open.

Australian Open

February

Astrid and Gizmo finally reached the end of their quarantine period in the USA and came to Oz.  I didn’t realize that I would miss them so much that I would cry when I picked them up from quarantine in Oz.

Astrid & Gizmo

March

We went to Tasmania, which never seemed like a real place until we moved to Australia.

Hobart, Tasmania

April

Easter and ANZAC Day lined up perfectly in 2014, allowing us to take a 10 day vacation with only 3 days officially off of work.  We went to Bali and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  Dream vacation!

Rice Patties in Bali

May

I love these girls. (Yes this picture was taken in July, but never mind that.)

My girls

June

While Carrie & Jess were in America, Ben, Schall and I took a road trip to Adelaide, “City of Churches.”

Adelaide

July/August

I headed home to America, where my favorite people threw me a bachelorette party.

Bachelorette Party

August

We headed for Brisbane for a weekend.

Brisbane

September

I am fortunate enough to have girlfriends in Australia who wanted to throw me a Hen’s Night!  Not many ladies get 2 bachelorette parties.

Hen's Night

October

We were married as the Grantrobus’ in Waipio Valley, Hawaii.

Mr & Mrs Grantrobus

November

Geelong threw a wine festival to properly celebrate our 1 year anniversary abroad.  We are blessed to call these people our friends.

Core 5

 

December

We went to the Northernmost city in Australia, Darwin, and saw the crocodile that starred in Crocodile Dundee.

Crocosaurus Cove

Here’s to you 2014!  It’s been real, but I cannot wait to see what 2015 has in store for us.  Cheers bitches!

 

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After the aerial show we wandered around the Festival of Sails a bit and found the marina was open to visitors, so naturally we wandered the docks ogling the boats wondering if we should buy one and just live on it.
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Sunday morning, we met a friend of a friend to check out Hillsong and caught the start of the Australia Day Parade!
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The Australian Open Men’s Finals were happening on Australia Day (January 26), so naturally we went with an Australian friend. We got grounds passes and sat in the glorious sun on the green, drinking beer and being as Australian as we possible considering we’re American.
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Two things really stood out to me on Australia Day. First, the Australian Open is surprisingly bluer than I expected, despite being fully aware of its general blueness. Second, the lack of pride in the national anthem. In America, when the anthem plays we remove our hats, face the flag, place our hand over our heart and either sing along with pride or stand quietly and respectfully. Concession stands stop serving and people do not shout and drink during the national anthem. On Australia Day when the Australian National Anthem began to play, my American friends and I respectfully rose and stood quietly. The Australians around us sort of looked at us oddly and also rose, but seemed unsure what was happening, which made us feel a little unsure what was happening. It was just a bit odd to us extremely patriotic Americans. Ah well, different cultures different ways.

The walk home from the tennis along St. Kilda Road was very pretty on Australia Day. And yes! Much like the cricket, Australians do say “the tennis!” I love it!

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Monday was our day off in celebration of Australia Day, so we headed down to Geelong for a barbie with some friends. Fortunately, they had some amazing Australian gear for us to get really patriotic in!

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That, my friends, is how Americans nail Australia Day weekend!

Happy ‘stralia Day!

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