Melbournians think Melbourne is the world's sporting capital and they might be correct here are our local sporting adventures.
The MCG, Docklands Stadium and AAMI Park are below but we start wiith some international sport on our doorstep.
UCI 2010 Road Cycling World Championships
A flying Serbian, missed the 5 leaders who were too quick to be photographed.
The peloton
How Close
The Lanton Rouge
All this just up the road from Home, quick back into the car and catch the end of the race on TV. We all took our 15 seconds of fame as the camers showed us all in the crowd, paul was hiding behind a camera of course.
The Docklands Stadium (also known as Colonial Stadium and Telstra Dome and currently Etihad Stadium) Even as a local I only know this by one of its sponsors names thanks to Wikipedia for the education. Welcome to Victoria where any thing including suburbs and streets may be renamed.
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Western Bulldogs vs West Coast Eagles Aug 09
Western Bulldogs vs Adeliade Crows April 10
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Cooney, Aker and Bazza 3 premierships a Colman and two Brownlow Medals not a good day to be on the Adelaide Back line.
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Top Seats
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Top Fans
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Top Dog - Syd the Doggies Mascot
MCG - The 'G' Melbourne's largest by capacity and very impressive by sight.
Australia vs Pakistan T20.
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Bina's first Cricket Match, is Paul in a green and gold jacket?
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All too exciting down to the last over and Australia get the match. 60,000 on a friday night you can't beat Melbourne.
The Boxing Day Test - The Ashes 2010
Two iconic events at once almost too much to bear. Sunburnt POMs and the Barmy Army excellent.
England Leads by 344, Trott 139 not out. You don't see that every day!
AAMI Park - The Rectangular Stadium.
Our brand new Rugby and Soccer Stadium, home to the Melbourne Rebels, Melbourne Storm and Melbourne Victory (Union, League and Soccer).
Puprose built for the rectulangular pitch based games.
Rebels vs Warratahs
1st ever game for the Melbourne Rebels smashed by a very strong NSW team.
2010 is the first season for the Rebles making the Super 15.
