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Football. Freshly cut green grass… loud piercing whistles… large empty white nets… deep blue water. That’s right - water.
Not what you ordinarily associate with football, but that is because you do not ordinarily see football being played on a 23 tonne floating pitch in the middle of Sydney Harbour! Not unless you also went along to see the amazing third annual Street Football Festival.
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...there is a whole underground kid boxing industry in Thailand. Yeah that’s not kick boxing, KID boxing. The ‘sporting’ culture that incorporates the Thai traditions and rituals is important to Thai identity. Children and infants are exposed to rounds of kicking pulling and punching. Doctors are becoming worried about the long term and short term effects of head injuries that children are contracting weekend after weekend.
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For those of you who didn’t know, the Comedy Gala has supported Oxfam Australian for over 17 years and us Oxfamers will continue to enjoy the wits of comedy legends from around the globe from the 22nd of March during its annual festival....Since it is sold out for this year we can tell it is going to be a blast for all ages. With a donation plug for Oxfam and advertisements for its website it is easy to see how comedy can help fight poverty
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Spring is upon us and the warm weather signals only one thing: the start of festival season. The bikini becomes acceptable as non-beach wear and the scent of fake-tan lingers in the air. But for the more discerning festival-goer, how do the events fare in terms of sustainability?
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The Bluesfest is also a Greenfest? Read about what environmentally sustainable initiatives made the festival an eco-success this 2011.
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