Well it’s been over 2 weeks since I last posted, sorry about the delay but for a few days I was actually busy and didn’t have time to write anything for the blog.
We had our big game against Olympic a week and half ago and played Peninsula Power last Saturday and were able to come away with victories in both games.
In our game against Olympic, the second place team, we won 7-3. It was a great game against a very good side. We went up 2-0 early, I scored the first, and then we missed a penalty kick around the 30th minute that probably would have put the game away for good. However, the miss gave Olympic a glimmer of hope and they stole a goal before the half and continued pushing for the equalizer after the break, which they got early in the second half. Unfortunately for them we came roaring back, scoring 60 seconds later and securing 4 unanswered goals (I doubled my tally with the 6th) before Olympic got a consolation 3rd goal and Steffen completed his hat trick.
In the past round of games against Peninsula we weren’t at full strength, missing our starting goalie and one of our central midfielders. We started out playing well but after we bagged our first goal were unable to pull away like usual. The absence of our full strength side was beginning to show, even though their replacements both played admirably, and the rest of the team looked sluggish going into the break. After halftime we were still unable to find our form but kept Peninsula from finding the back of the net, which was enough to secure the 3 points. In the locker room after the game it felt more like a loss than a victory, and we all expect a better performance even though we were able to grind out 3 points away from home against a talented side. Highlights from the game can be found here.
Outside of soccer we made a trip down the coast to Lamington National Park to do some hiking. The park is south and west of Brisbane and driving there is a bit of an adventure because as you travel inland the roadways aren’t very well developed. There was only one road going up the mountain, but that road was one and a half lanes with numerous switchbacks and blind corners, so it is slow going once off the motorway. The hike we chose to go on was 10.5 kilometers and took us through very thick rain forest, down into a gorge between two mountains and along a river that had 6 or 7 waterfalls varying in height from 8 or 9 meters tall to 25 meters tall (Bucket list: Waterfalls, complete). I tried taking pictures but most didn’t turn out because it started pouring rain about 30 minutes into our 3 hour hike! At the conclusion of the hike we came across a wallaby, which while not a kangaroo or koala bear was still pretty cool.
We won’t have another game until May 7 so I’m hoping to do a little more traveling next week when everybody goes back to work after the Easter/ Anzac day holidays. I’ll be sure to have some good pictures to share then!
Hope all is well back home!
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