I've now been in sunny Australia for about a week and half and I've yet to see a spider, long may it continue. The hostel here is pretty sweet as you get free rice and pasta so food wise, I'm saving some good coin. The price for of beer is also cheap. I paid 2.8 english sheets for a jug of lager which is 2 and half pints. Anyway, first day here we decided to do the MCG tour which is set in a massive sporting complex just outside the CBD. They've got the Rod Laver Arena, Vodofone Arena, Olympic Park and plans to build a football stadium there as well, all in the same area. God knows what the parking is like on match day, it's bad enough at t'well! The stadium is class, 100,000
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