Starting with football, and the return of the A-League.
Central Coast and Brisbane Roar were the stars of Round 1.
The Roar surprised many with a 3-1 away victory over the Western Sydney Wanderers in the season's very first game, whilst the Mariners won 3-2 at home to Perth Glory.
Perhaps the most entertaining game, though, was Sydney FC's 1-1 draw with Melbourne City.
New Finnish striker Filip Holosko equalised for Sydney just before half-time after City had gone one-nil up.
Sydney FC midfielder Brandon O'Neill says although Sydney didn't win, there are positive signs for them going forward.
"We had chances to win the game, and that's what we're striving for- we're striving to win every game we play. But, for the first game of the season, the boys dug deep, (it was )a good 90 minutes, and all we have to do now is sharpen up on our final pass and final shot and I think we'll have a very successful season."
Sydney's conquerors in the Grand Final last season, Melbourne Victory, had a much less happy time of it despite getting the same result.
They drew nil-all with rivals Adelaide, with Leigh Broxham getting controversially sent off in the 72nd minute- a refereeing decision with which coach Kevin Muscat expressed displeasure after the match.
Newcastle, on the other hand, hung on with ten men late in their match to beat Wellington 2-1.
In rugby union, Australia will play Scotland next week in the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup.
The Wallabies have topped Group A after a courageous 15 to 6 win over Wales in London.
At one stage in the second half, Australia was down to 13 men after Will Genia and Dean Mumm both received yellow cards, but they still didn't let in a try.
Coach Michael Cheika says what his side did made him feel great pride.
"I'm not shy to say that I was very proud of the lads because that's a very difficult situation, considering the context of the game also and I was very proud of their resilience there and their intent to go and do what they did."
It was Australian motor racing's big weekend with the annual Bathurst 1000- and this familiar tradition had a familiar winner.
Holden's Craig Lowndes and co-driver Steven Richards won by more than a second over Ford's Mark Winterbottom and Steve Owen.
Jamie Whincup was sensationally dropped to the back of the field with 20 laps to go for overtaking the safety car - he finished 18th.
Afterwards, Lowndes told Channel 10 of his sixth career Bathurst title and his first since 2010.
"I had a bit of redemption from last year. I screwed up, and then, of course, we bring it back in this year. But them's the breaks. This is the race we all want to win, and thankyou to everyone down here for coming out, because you guys are what make the sport the great one."
Only Peter Brock, with nine titles, and Jim Richards, with seven, have won Bathurst more than Lowndes.
The first-ever all-female team of Renee Gracie and Simone de Silvestro finshed last after a crash but that's not as bad as it might seem, seeing that five of the 26 cars didn't finish at all.
And in golf, the United States has won a thrilling President's Cup in South Korea.
After four days of action between the US team and the international team, it came down to the last singles match between Bill Haas - whose father, US captain Jay Haas, made him a captain's pick for the Cup - and Korean Bae Sang-Moon.
Bill Haas took victory to give the US a 15.5 to 14.5 win.
It's the sixth straight victory for the US in the biennial event, but an emotional Jay Haas says he hoped his son had motivation a little closer to home late in the deciding match.
"I'm so happy for the team, a great bunch of guys. We were riding back down the fairway on 18 before Bill played 17, and I said 'Come on Bill win one for your mum here, your mum deserves it'. Oh my gosh."
The next President's Cup is in the US in 2017, whilst it's been revealed that Melbourne will host the 2019 event.
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