Blogs from MCG, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oceania - page 4

So last day in Melbourne an d a few thing to add since my last entry. Firstly being my first experience of Aussie rules at the MCG! I was really excited beforehand as I'd never seen it before in any way and plus I was going to the MCG! It was definately worth it though, it reminded me of going to matches at home. There were loads of families (not suprising as kids tickets were $4) and it think a pretty good crowd of around 56,000 though the ground holds 100,000. It took a few minutes to get into but we quickly guessed at the rules and got into the game despite all the efforts of the coldness trying to get at us. The pitch was huge though, you could still see the lines from ... read more

So this blog continues in Oz but this time on the west coast! We started our journey by flying back to Darwin. Having already visited there we decided to leave the very next morning and booked online a Greyhound ticket to take us on a 6000km epic journey down to Perth. As we packed our things and readied ourselves, we discovered to our horror that the bus had not been able to leave for the previous 3 days as the whole of northwest Australia (particularly the Kimberleys) was under water - yes summer is also the wet season in Oz! We crossed our fingers and hoped we would make it to our first destination Katherine and luckily we did! We only stopped overnight in Katherine but this was long enough to visit the beautiful gorge and ... read more

We didn’t get up the next day until 10am - our longest lay in yet! We made our way into Melbourne about midday in time for the cricket which started at 2.15pm. We thought we had to get a couple of things to wear just to prove who we were supporting so Stu bought an England cap and a flag and Kerry bought a Barmy Army t-shirt. The MCG is huge and there was a crowd of over 38,000. Although this was apparently quite empty compared to previous matches as there is a capacity of nearly 80,000! (see pics). It was so easy to just walk in and find a seat, we made sure we were fairly close to a few English fans and the majority of the Barmy Army! The weather was perfect, full sun ... read more

板球是个奇怪的运动。只在澳大利亚和英国之间比赛。两年一次两国间举行一次比赛，且比赛的时间非常长，每次比赛有5场，一场比赛可能要持续5天，有时3天便有结果。还有繁琐的球规。澳洲男人非常热爱扳球。很多人把假期的时间全部花在看球上。我去看了一场，一场就是一天。太阳晒得人脸脱皮。不过还好，等了一天的时间结果澳大利亚赢了。... read more

Went into the city and walked to the MCG where I found that there was a day night match being played from 2pm. As it was 10:30 and they were not doing the tours I went back into the city and met a guy from the hostel who was looking for a ticket agency to see if there were any test match tickets left. I had seen the ticket office so showed him where it was and he got tickets for the day 2 & 3 for $40 aus dollars about £20 each day. I tried to get tickets for Sydney but no chance advised all sold out. We then got a bite of lunch then headed for the MCG to watch the cricket which was NSW V Victoria Blues, Victoria blues won.At the end we ... read more