It was fairly standard stuff - scrambled eggs, bacon, home fried potatoes (to die for! OMG), biscuits and gravy, fried rice and some fresh fruit options. For breakfast, they offer a buffet that runs $14 per person, as I recall, which is pretty much a bargain for Hawaii. Our waitress was quick to bring my wife a mimosa and kept me filled with various tropical juices all morning. There were also some Broncos fans, Chiefs fans and a few other teams represented … but Oceans Sports Bar seems to be the place for Seahawks fans to gather. The crowd grew as the game went along, and there were eventually about 25-30 Seahawks fans spread across two dining areas. It’s always fun to watch a game with other 12s, and this was no exception. My wife and I arrived just as the game began and picked a table in the first dining area, where about 10-15 Seahawks fans had already gathered. Oceans has a pretty big bar area with a bunch of TVs above showing the games, and then several more TVs placed throughout the dining areas.
If it’s after the clock change, kickoff will be at 8:00 AM Hawaiian time.) That’s when the early games kickoff, at least before the mainland changes its clocks. (By the way … we’re talking 7:00 AM in Hawaii. There are a few other bar/restaurant-type places in that same area that may have also been open, but we didn’t walk to them. As we were walking there, we passed by two other sports bars that were also open early and had TVs on for people to watch the games - Bongo Ben’s and Laverne’s. My wife and I ended up at Oceans Sports Bar, which is just off Ali’i Road, the street that runs along the coast.
Good news: There are three sports bars nestled closely together in Kailua-Kona and each one opens early on Sunday mornings for NFL fans! But we were the only ones who wanted to find a place to watch NFL games - preferably with other Seattle Seahawks fans! - so the planning was all on our own. Our most recent trip was last month when we visited the Big Island (Hawaii) with friends. My wife and I have been to different Hawaiian islands probably 2-3 times during NFL season, and each time we’ve managed to find some good places that open up early Sunday for tourists to catch their favorite team’s game. If you’re a big football fan who’s traveling to Hawaii during NFL season, you might reach a point during your trip planning where you wonder … Where am I gonna watch the football game on Sunday? Opposition politicians said the Australian government had wasted billions of dollars on poor decisions around many of its defense contracts.We found our tribe of Seahawks fans (12s!) at a neat sports bar in Kailua-Kona! and Britain to export their nuclear technology. He said the new helicopters would bring Australia’s fleet more in line with that of the U.S., an important consideration given the instability in the region.Ĭhina has previously expressed anger over Australia’s submarine switch and said it was irresponsible of the U.S. “It’s had nine instances where it’s been unsuitable to fly, and I’m just not going to put our people in that position,” Dutton said. “And we want to make sure that our defense forces have the best possible equipment to defend this country, and the Black Hawks will provide that.”ĭefense Minister Peter Dutton said the Black Hawks are much cheaper to fly and that officials have had concerns about the Taipan program for the past decade. “The Taipans weren’t meeting their marks. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia was improving its defense capabilities and had built good partnerships, particularly with the U.S. Australia will stop using them and buy 40 Lockheed Martin-designed helicopters in a switch that will cost 7 billion Australian dollars ($4.8 billion). and British technology in a switch that deeply angered France.Īustralia has 47 Taipan helicopters that were designed by Airbus and were supposed to last until 2037 but have been plagued with groundings. The move comes less than three months after Australia canceled a deal to buy French submarines in favor of building nuclear-powered submarines that use U.S. Black Hawks and Seahawks because the American machines are more reliable. CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australia’s military said Friday it plans to ditch its fleet of European-designed Taipan helicopters and instead buy U.S.