Sports Are A Part Of The Down Under Lifestyle

December 19, 2011

Aussies like to play and watch a variety of sports, and can boast of great individual sportsmen and women native to Australia.

The Australian Open Tennis Tournament draws a worldwide television audience and full stadiums to watch top-ranked players compete in this Grand Slam event each January. Australia has an enviable record of tennis greats: Evonne Goolagong Cawley,…

Vicki Clinebell majored in journalism at the University of Colorado and headed to an advertising agency before beginning a long career in broadcasting, spanning production and copywriting to Sales and Management for an ABC affiliate station.

Her decision to switch gears to pursue a career in writing fulfilled a lifelong ambition. She started as a blogger for a diverse group of businesses, and now writes for a number of digital publications for companies stationed in her hometown in the Rocky Mountains, and provides advertising copy and media buys for national and regional clients. She finds the research as intersting as the writing—she loves learning about subjects as diverse as construction scaffolding, child safety seats, and the newest trends in beauty and fashion.