the MCG

Hmmmmmm. Well lets not talk about the result...

But Melbourne is a pretty cool place. The CBD isn't the most exciting of places, but we stayed in an area to the north called Fitzroy in a converted Nunnery, called funnily enough, the Nunnery. Very eclectic place, full of old pews and a huge cat called Brother Francis. We also went down to St Kilda, home of the famous (if you've watched Neighbours) Luna Park, where I managed to talk Rach onto the roller coaster.



A cheesy smile - and the entrance is pretty bad too...

The MCG itself is amazing, and it wasn't even full at 79,400. The crowd were in great form, although a few of the Aussies at the end of it were getting annoyed at the Barmy Army as the Aussies only have 'Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi as a chant and I think they were jealous!



The Aussies in at Bat

The police weren't playing along though, they hauled out a 12 year old kid for blowing up a beach ball amongst other things... To say they're killjoys is under emphasising it.

So we're back in Sydney now. We were going to go up to the Northern Beaches, but the weather is rubbish (yes, you can all laugh if you want, but I refer you back to my previous post and Christmas lunch...) so we're not sure what we're going to do tomorrow, but NYE is slowly being planned. Apparently it's the 75th birthday of the Bridge, so it's an extra special firework show this year.



Taken on finals to Sydney this afternoon.

Some stats

Number of trams ridden on in Melbourne - 4
Number of Neighbours cast seen - Disappointing 0