If you've been to Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia, you'll know that the weather is very tropical. They have the Dry (7 months of the most glorious mediterranean weather,cool winds, sunny days, blue skies and dragon flies all round) followed by the Wet - mega hot and humid days, torrential rain and cyclones.
Anyway, the Darwinians go troppo (nuts). They form an ice-hockey team every year and challenge the World Ice hockey champions to a game in Darwin on a certain day. They then dress up in the full ice hockey regalia and go the airport to meet the flight. Naturally, the invitees don't turn up and the Darwin ice-hockey team declare themselves undefeated True World Champs once again for the Xth year running.
They also have the beer can regatta where rafts are made from beercans (usually empty ones). This is not a tourist stunt - it has been a tradition for many years now.
And then there's the Todd River regatta in the desert in Alice Springs! Here locals take part in a boat race along a dry river bed. They're all mad really.
By the way, does anyone really believe Singapore can win the World Cup in 2010 without any imported players?
