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Marvelous Melbourne

AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 4 June 2011 | Views [1152]

Off to my first AFL game (Aussie Rules), Collingwood Magpies vs. North Melbourne Kangaroos. The Roos were the home team, and paraded out their new mascot, “Roo,” or something dumb like that, who proceeded to display some bad-ass hip hop dance moves with his white boys alongside.

The front entrance to the massive State Library of Victoria, built in 1913, with the octagonal dome over the reading room one of the largest of its kind in the world at the time.

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Here's the Etihad Stadium, one of the two big stadiums in Melbourne. The 9 AFL teams based in Melbourne split the two stadiums as home grounds: 5 at Etihad and 4 at the amazing MCG. Etihad holds around 55,000 people and was about ¾ full on this day, the Roos' home opener. The roof slides across as well on rainy days. After about 120 minutes of running around the oval, this match ended with a 143-56 thumping of North Melbourne by Collingwood, the defending champs.

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Marvelous Melbourne

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