Fly Ted Down Under Journeys through the land of Oz

Marvelous Melbourne

AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 4 June 2011 | Views [882]

Over to a small part of the Queen Victoria Market, 17 acres in size, the largest open-air market in the Southern Hemisphere. They have everything here from all sorts of food to crafts, jewellery, music, electronics, both tacky and handmade souvenirs, shoes, clothes, hats and so much more.

After the match, down at field level. This stadium has hosted the 1956 Summer Olympics, 2006 Commonwealth Games, numerous Ashes and other international Cricket Test matches, Australian national soccer team matches, and virtually every AFL Grand Final since 1902. Its light standards are the tallest in the world, it is the largest cricket stadium in the world, the 10th-largest stadium of any kind in the world, and one of the “seven wonders” of the sporting world. Needless to say, it is a powerfully impressive place. And it fills up with fans twice every weekend for AFL games, like there's nothing to it (tickets were cheap, $20 for an upper-level seat).

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Buskers enjoying the attention outside the Queen Vic Markets.

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