Socceroos meltdown in Brisbane

The safety demo on board our flight to Brisbane. Media - Japanese brush felt pen and watercolours. — The safety demo on board our flight to Brisbane. Media – Japanese brush felt pen and watercolours.

I received free tickets to the Asia Cup (Soccer/Football tournament, like a mini world cup but only encompasses countries from the Asiatic region). I couldn’t get tickets for the Sydney game, and as I do like watching South Korea play too I opted to head up to Brisbane to watch them play the Aussies. Both teams are very strong in this region and in this particular tournament both had won their group matches so far…

View from our hotel on Roma St overlooking Southbank. Media - Japanese brush felt pen. — View from our hotel on Roma St overlooking Southbank. Media – Japanese brush felt pen.

It was only an overnight weekender and took one of my nephews with me. We had plenty of time to do and see other stuff around Brisbane but the heat was exceptionally intense. I don’t think it was even in the early 30s (Celsius) but god damn it was hot! The air was so thick and humid and the sun was just relentless. It didn’t let up, even after the sun had gone down the air was heavy and warm.

A quick bite to it at the Media - Japanese brush felt pen and watercolours — A quick bite to it at Lefty’s Old Time Music Hall. Media – Japanese brush felt pen and watercolours

So one distraction for me anyway was my sketchbook. I don’t like drawing when I’m travelling with others who don’t, but we were so lethargic because of the heat we didn’t get up to too much. Anyway, hope you like. And hope Aussies make their way to the finals! Fingers crossed!

The Press at Suncorp Stadium. Media - Japanese brush felt pen and watercolours — The Press at Suncorp Stadium. Media – Japanese brush felt pen and watercolours

The night at the game was almost overtaken with swarms(?) of moths EVERYWHERE. It was like some 1960s horror movie, “Invasion of the Moths”. They moved as frantically as all the press and media did on the sidelines. Sadly the home team lost, which was quite frustrating, but we’re still in contention once we hit the knock out stages.

The Socceroos (Australia) and Taeguk Warriors (Sth Korea) warming up pre-game. Media - Japanese brush felt pen and watercolours. — The Socceroos (Australia) and Taeguk Warriors (Sth Korea) warming up pre-game. Media – Japanese brush felt pen and watercolours.

Although we had a few hours to kill in the city before heading home, it was so damn hot to be walking around we decided to head to the airport. We had so much time I killed it by drawing this plane heading to Melbourne. While we were sitting there the South Korean team sat near us. I wish I had the guts to ask them to sign my book, but their captain, who sat closest, looked like he was dealing with a cold. And after seeing some Korean fans sheepishly approach them for an autograph – that was painful enough to watch it unfold.