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Classes started last Monday (July 23). I am taking:

• Introduction to Astrophysics
• Mathematical Statistics
• Physics: Electromagnetism, Light, and Entropy
• Australian Idol: Exploring Contemporary Australia

During the week there were some events put on by my hall, but the ones I went to weren't too exciting. Besides that, not much happened this past week until yesterday.

Yesterday (July 28) we had another football game, this time against the Hampton Rovers at their field. Unfortunately, I had gotten a cold the day before so I wasn't feeling great, but it ended up not slowing me down too much. We only had 19 players (18 play at a time), so I played for almost all of the game, though I still managed to contribute very little to the game. The game was very low scoring, but we were winning for nearly the whole game. We ended up winning 5.11-41 to 2.11-23.

That evening there was a field trip for my Australian culture class to see an AFL game at the MCG. There is 140 in the class, and over 100 showed up, so it was quite a big group. We watched Carlton beat Richmond by 4 points on goal in near the end. It was a very exciting finish and a lot of the students who hadn't seen a game before enjoyed it.

You can see Richmond's banner from before the game. The video below is of them running onto the field just before the game started.