Only in Australia...

[RobertN]

One of the Tanker-10 DC10's is on it's way to Oz.

As wildfire season dies down in the US(well, except for California!) more of the VLAT's will head down there.

Tanker 944, the 747 Super Tanker, has been all over the world. They were in Chile a couple months ago. They have also worked in Israel, Portugal, etc.

News reports are talking about Koala casualties in AUS Wildfires.

News reports mention mansion losses in US wildfires. Rarely do we see a word about wildlife affected.

 

[Alien]

We have two large Canadian choppers being assembled at present. Disassembled and flown over here by freighter aircraft along with support and assembly crews to help with the fires near here.
If the fires come closer I dont think my house will withstand them. Pretty worrying. Also worried about our koalas, geese, parrots, chooks etc.
Bit of a waiting game.

As for rugby union...
Used to play that as a kid in New Zealand. No matter what the weather was like we had to play back then. The weather was never any good as it was a winter sport. The ground was always frozen or sloppy. Skinned knees and mud in the eyes. I hated it absolutely but always scored well. I could run back then.
To this day I have never been a sport fan due to my experiences. Turned to hobbies instead.

 

[cqaigy2]

Officially no, but we do have the Stupor Bowl where everyone without a brain stops their world, advertisers spend stupid money for a few seconds of time and ...... well, you get the drift.

Then there's that Derby thing in KY that's almost as bad and parades some horribly gaudy hats.

Still better looking than most football/rugby players.