How might a young person who is not that interested in sport find it living in Australia?

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maccaz

If you dont like sport then you dont like sport. We wont bash for not liking sport. There are other things in Oz besides being interested in sports.

I mean sport is an essential part of schooling life in Australian /Nz scchools.

Once students finish high school many students have work,. uni, families to deal with rather than sport. I mean you become an observer of sport rather than a participator.

I go to uni with many students in particular the girls who hate sport. I mean the only exercise they get is when they run to a store to buy a discounted dress.

People are free to do as they will without being bullied into liking sports.

akire44

ive lived in sydney my whole life and i can tell you i have no idea about sporting teams, especially football. i do get asked what team i follow etc but i just say that i dont follow football and no one seems to mind. if your not interesting in the sporting scene, it doesnt matter. we have so many people from various countries here that you wont be singled out

Judith of the Never Never

In Australia, nobody gives a rats behind whether you are into sport or not, there is friendly rivalry when we have interstate ie/ New South Wales vs Queensland. You may be asked who your team is but the answer you give won't be a big deal to the person asking it. Like football around the world, we have the fanatics who live eat & breath, living next door and working with others who just don't care!

vanessa

you dont need to be interested in sport, i have never played sport in my life and i dont follow any teams, its not my thing. no one cares if you like sport or not.

petedavo

I agree but there is more to life than sport.

Just have a look at some of the videos on http://www.westernaustralia.com to see that there is much more to do here than kick a ball.
(Like getting tanked on plonk at Margaret River LOL)

sass_aisha24

As aproud Asutralian living in "it's sunny....wait no it's raining" Melbourne sport central, its not at all bad if you don't follow sport. There is a wealth of arts and theater to keep you busy. If you come up to people and thy are talking about sport what I do is throw in the name "the pies" or "collingwood" and I'm good, that's if I can be bothered.
Peopel are friendly and won't look at you like you have two heads if you don't follow sports. There is pleanty to takl about other than sport if not then you drink (another national sport).

Have fun and enjoy!

Bella B

Sport is very popular here, but because there is such a large variety of sports (4 different footbally type codes not including things like touch, Gaelic or American), you'll get away with it.

Even the obsessive fans here are mild compared to the UK soccor fans from what I understand...

It also depends on what you're into, there's all sorts of niches here and no doubt you'll find yours...

iluvcats

u don't have to be sporty to live here it's a great country i support the footy team ricmond tigers but the only reason is cos my dad does.

chris at hornchurch

as a none interested sports person (I have no idea about most sports at all) I did two trips down under , over several weeks I found just too much to do as talk about without bothering at all about sport. This was when England was playing the world rugby tour too with the Harbour bridge illuminated!
you will find them friendly but slightly impersonal as everybody is OK and they take up in as Friends quickly .equally they drop you as quick too.
I'd love to retire there but without a lottery win .. sigh.
do enjoy the trip and you will book again one day once your appetite has been whetted . have a look at the OZ art too.It;'s brilliant.

iansand9876

On any weekend many, many more Australians go to museums and art galleries than attend sporting events.

liz down under

I think you will like it better in the bigger cities where there is a range of non-sporting activities available. You would probably find small country towns more difficult in that it is the local sporting clubs that are the major source of recreation/socializing in the town. There are a lot of us here that are not that interested in sport.

â™¥Amber is a New Momma

Its generally expected, to follow an AFL team at least.

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