I can't believe I'm admitting this, but I'm actually really going to miss Rugby League. I've been to heaps of Broncos games down the street at Suncorp Stadium, and when I'm not there, I'm cheering them on through my TV screen. Last night was the first game of State of Origin - a series of three games played between Queensland and New South Wales every year. As I watched the game last night, it hit me that I've been here for almost a year... Last July, I made it to Australia just in time for the third State of Origin game. It was one of my first true Aussie experiences. A year later, I'm ending my time in Oz with Origin. A few of my mates and I went to the Chalk Hotel (by the way, have I mentioned that hotel = bar?) to watch the footy game, decked out in maroon to cheer on the Maroons, and expecting a win - after all, Queensland has won State of Origin for the past eight years. That's right, there has never been a Facebook post about NSW winning Origin. Unfortunately, Queensland let us down last night - but it's all right, we still have two more games to go! I may shed a tear or two when I'm not here to watch them though.

Nate, Nenad, Pat, Barra, Caleb, Tessa, Kelsey and I at the Chalk. Go the Maroons!