This morning stopped for breakfast at a nearby cafe. There is no way to order just coffee here - it is like everyplace is a Starbucks. My cup of choice is a flat-white with two sugars.
Then walked over to the harbor area where the stadium (Etihad) is also located and where the "footy" match will be played. Etihad has a retractable roof and today is was closed.
See the pictures below...
Couple pictures of outside of building where the FM Global offices are located.
An area around the harbor has outdoor artwork displays - Cow in Tree.
Inside of Etihad Stadium during the "footy" match. A strange game - a hybrid of rugby and soccer. The playing field is circular and is huge. Four quarters. Two types of goals - six points or one point. Very fast paced and high scoring. The play is pretty physical, but the players are dressed like basketball players in the 1970's. Match I saw was between the Western Bulldogs (Footscray, Victoria) and the Fremantle Dockers (Fremantle, Western Australia). The Bulldogs are ranked in the top eight teams out of 16 in Australia. The score was pretty lopsided - 128 Bulldogs and 58 Dockers.
Teams "huddling" during the break between quarters 1 and 2 and 3 and 4.
the cow in the tree is awesome! seats look pretty empty...your seats don't look all that great...
ReplyDeleteMost of the fans were cheering for the Bulldogs as Footscray is not too far from Melblourne. Not many fans there for the Dockers as Western Australia is like the US West Coast for us. For example, the flight time from Melbourne to Perth is about 4.5 hours.
ReplyDeleteThe pictures in the stadium were from the deck area behind the seats where we were. I still could not get back far enough to show how big the place is. Actually, our seats were pretty good being several rows back from the front of the second deck and behind one of the goals.