Was anyone in Melbourne for the Commonwealth games??? what did you think of it???
548906
Great city, great venues and great games.\n\nAlthough i slightly liked the previous commonwealth games in Manchester a bit better. Melbourne seemed to lack that star power that most commonwealth games have. Seemingly, most countries used melbourne as a starting point for a youth movement. Great to see the youth though, all that talent.
1006456
I was up watching with the whole family. The kids missed school, Lucky it was my day off.\nWe were all on the edge of our seats. \nDam proud to be an Aussie.\nWasn't the score we wanted but were still in it.\nKeeping the dream alive..............................................
653252
There is this Western Australia Volleyball club in Perth. Was there last september and they have mad-made beach volleyball court. but i believe they do have indoor volleyball, maybe you could try? It a 5-10 minutes drive from Murray Street. hope i helped! :)
497570
Went to school there for a semester.  I loved it. I was in the northeast so it was very humid, but close to diving on the barrier reef and the rain forest.  The country is beautiful and everyone was extremely friendly.
154498
Ah, I was wondering when questions would start appearing about the Commonwealth Games (Melbourne March 15th - 26th \n2006, get the plug in quick). Anyway, onto the questions:\n\nThe Commonwealth Games are held every 4 years in the middle of an Olympiad. For instance, this year's Commonwealh Games are held between the Olympics in Athens (2004) and Beijing (2008)\n\nThe mascot of the Commonwealth Games is there just like you have mascots for the Olympic Games as a means of identifying the Games.\n\nThis year, the Games are being held in Melbourne, Australia from March 15th - 26th 2006 and their mascot called Karak who is a red tailed black cockatoo.\n\nThe Commonwealth Games has been held in the following locations:\n\nHamilton, Canada 1930\nLondon, England 1934\nSydney, Australia 1938\nAuckland, New Zealand 1950\nVancouver, Canada 1954\nCardiff, Wales 1958\nPerth, Australia 1962\nKingston, Jamaica 1966\nEdinburgh, Scotland 1970\nChristchurch, New Zealand 1974\nEdmonton, Canada 1978\nBrisbane, Australia 1982\nEdinburgh, Scotland 1986\nAuckland, New Zealand 1990\nVictoria, Canada 1994\nKuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1998\nManchester, England 2002\nMelbourne, Australia 2006\nNew Delhi, India 2010
447241
I think the AFL has a contract with the MCG to always hold Grand Final there but as more non-Victorian teams keep winning it will have to change in future.... I hope! Go Swannies!!
926610
I have just recently moved out of Melbourne an Australian capital city  because it is like going to Hong Kong on a daily basis.\nMelbourne as a city has several suburbs  Richmond,Footscray,\n Box Hill,  That have become almost entirely immigrant suburbs.\nBad luck to the people that used to live there before most of them have sold up and moved on.One really good joke though is that immigrants have started moving into Toorak and South Yarra\nwhere once only the very rich folks lived.\nPeople in Sydney know what i am talking about too\nAnd tonight I see the muslim mufti saying he is a muslim first not an Australian   which will probably in the papers here tomorrow\nAustralia is a very tolerent nation but i think we have had about enough \n time for the stupid goverment to stop giving our country away
300433
I think you have your dates wrong, the dates are may 24th, june 14th and july 5th. The walkabout pub in Covent garden is somewhere that will be playing the games. I know it's not in your area but its a great place to watch any NRL or AFL games. GO THE MAROONS!!!!
185678
Because the Commonwealth Games are a much smaller event than the Olympics. it would be impossible to organize the Olympics and the Paralympics at the same time in the same place. And even if it could be done, the Paralympics would probably loose the (small) media attention they have.
819698
The Games themselves may not be a waste but the pointless tedious cermonies at the beginning and the end are certainly no use to anyone and should be scrapped in favour of a simple parade of all the competitors.\n\nThe construction of new arenas and stadia etc should be justified solely on the basis of the benefit to the local community AFTER the Games.\n\nPersonally I think that one venue should be selected and used for every Olympics ... such as a Greek Island. This will stop all the political squabbling and millions of dollars wasted in competing for the right to host the Games which would be much better spent on just about anything else.
598055
HEY,\n\nI emailed you last night in regards to this question. Maybe it didn't work. Anyways, I know Alisha Merritt very well. She no longer lives in Qld. However, if you could let me know more about yourself I can pass the info to her and she could respond!!! \n\nCheers.
877337
This is indeed a hairy subject! Of course it is true!! I attended the games myself - but am sworn to secrecy! In fact I am now in hiding from both sides - the apes on one hand - Hitler's offspring on the other. Woe is me!  But some detail - the non-believers maintained that the participants dressed up in costumes and that the time judges (also in costume) "cooked" the results. They even went as far as to say that all the spectators were bribed to attend - this I can assure you is absolute nonsense! (I must admit I did receive a free ticket in the mail) If I recall correctly the 100 yard dash was also broken - by memory 9.2 seconds which was a record at that time.
1184151
For me, I felt that it was very unlucky of Australia to have lost in that way. They deserved extra time. But if that's how the game ended, there's no way to change it. At least many were impressed by Australia's performance, and that's good enough. Work harder next time, and I hope they get better and better.
910769
I don't follow horse racing at all, but at Melbourne Cup time I do become a pretend horse racing expert. I was certain that Yeates would win, lost $20 but had a great time at the pub!!
1008320
Amazing Australia... come to think of it, it's not really that amazing anymore when one consider the phenomenal successes achieved by AUSTRALIANS in sports... it's in their national psyche to be AWESOME in anything they do. Very well done mates.... Go Socceroos!!!
1018084
Billards & Bowling? What are you smokin' son?\n\nThe events program for the Beijing 2008 Games is similar to that of the Athens Games.The 2008 Olympics will see the return of 28 sports, and will hold 302 events, one more than in Athens.\n\nNine new events are to be held, including the new cycling discipline of BMX (composed of individual events for men and women). Women will compete in 3000m steeplechase. Marathon swimming events for men and women, over the distance of 10 kilometers, will be added to the swimming discipline. Team events (men and women) in table tennis will replace the doubles events. In fencing, women's team foil and women's team sabre will replace men's team foil and women's team epee.\n\nThat's it considering that PHI's last medal was in '96...If the PI is gonna win a gold, you may wanna see if you can get someone to change their citizenship to Filipino.
875797
I think my month long trip to Australia was great because I saw so much and got to quit my job to go which made it double fun.  There are some photos on my 360 page of the holiday:\n\nhttp://uk.360.yahoo.com/monkeymanelvis\n\nyou can see how much fun I had with my mates Chris & Sophie.  It was the best holiday I have had so far!