Australia - No longer a sporting nation!

January 30, 2007 at 9:20 AM

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2.7 million Australians went to the Theatre, 3.6 million to an Art Gallery, 4 million to a popular music concert and 10.4 million to the cinema. Chuck in 1.5 million to a classical music concert and 1.6 million to dance performances, and 2.7 to musicals and opera, and you're beating the two most popular sports in Australia in almost every category - 2.5 million for the Australian Football League, and 1.5 million for Rugby League.

We are a cultured lot after all!

From parmeeta bhogal
Posted on January 30, 2007 at 4:58 PM

Not that you do that badly in sports either...am thinking of the Ashes and the current ODI's..what a hammering, ouch!!!

From Pauline Lerner
Posted on February 1, 2007 at 2:13 PM

I don't even want to see the stats for the US. I'm probably the only one in the whole country who doesn't watch football games.

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