For anyone interested, I am going to be writing a book about my travels around the football leagues of Western Australia this season, which will start with a journey to the Lower South West FL on April 2 and will end at the WAFL Grand Final on September 25 after travelling more than 30,000 kilometres.
I will see approximately 70 matches (including more than 50 League matches and 17 Reserves matches) and will take in matches from Kununurra, Broome and Port Hedland in the north down to Albany, Ravensthorpe and Esperance in the south, as well as a cross-border hop for the WA Country team’s interstate clash against SA Country in Adelaide in July.
The journey will take in matches from all 30 of the state’s senior competitions over 40 match days, as well as three Carnivals (the Great Southern Colts Carnival and the Northern Regions Colts Carnival in mid-June and the Landmark Country Championships in July) and two State representative matches (Western Australia versus Tasmania in June and also the SA Country versus WA Country clash).
Each week, the A Grade match watched will be reviewed in a podcast available via Facebook.
To get around the state (and the SA Country v WA Country game), I need to fly on six occasions - Kununurra, Port Hedland, Newman, Adelaide and two flights to Broome – no mean feat for a self-confessed ‘nervous flyer’.
In a twist, I will play one-off matches for more than a dozen clubs during my travels from the start of the season until clearances close at the end of June.
Up to 12 matches will also be broadcast via a live audio broadcast during the season. The broadcast matches will be confirmed prior to the start of the season and the matches will be available for listening as podcasts on the WA FOOTY TRAVELLER Facebook page.
The book is intended to be released in 2017.
You can follow my travels via Facebook at the WA FOOTY TRAVELLER page