I'm watching the opening ceremony of the Commonweath Games. The Queen is here to officially open it. She managed to get out of her rolls ever so elegantly. She is 79 years old, turns 80 next month. The tv camera was down really low and not a sight of underwear (although I am sure she is wearing something sensible - lol)
I have a question ... why does the Queen need a handbag? Its not like she needs a wallet, or needs somewhere to put her keys. She has many people to look after her. I thought it quite bizarre to be hanging off her arm. A nice black one though to match her shoes.
I just want to note that these companies have too much money
1. MLC
2. The Natural Confectionary Company
3. The Australian Meat Board
Why? Because it was their ads that were on in the 1st break. Those ads cost a fortune!
So we've had surf boats on the Yarra River, a flying tram - that was pretty cool, koalas, and a flying thong (flip flops for you US ladies, not the other sort of thong ROFL!) Huge fish with water spurting out of them and fireworks off the tops of lots of buildings in Melbourne city.
The MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground) where the opening ceremony is being held, is really close to the city centre, just a few minutes drive and apparently thats a pretty impressive thing because most stadiums are out of town, and not close to the city centres. But that would be because the MCG was built for the 1956 Olympics, and back then it probably was out of town!
Now we are having an Aboriginal tribal thing, wishing good luck and the passing of knowledge defined by these globes they are carrying.
Music, The Australian Ballet Company and motorbikes. The ballerinas have these giant tutus. They look great, but I can't quite figure why there's a motorcyle driving around. Oh, now theres more. Very weird. Looks effective. Just a bizarre combination.
Now its time for the althletes. Theres 79 countries competing here from the Commonweath. Australia will be last to come out as we are the host country. Its really nice to see the althletes with disabilities there as well.
Enough for the moment. I'll update more later.
So we've had surf boats on the Yarra River, a flying tram - that was pretty cool, koalas, and a flying thong (flip flops for you US ladies, not the other sort of thong ROFL!) Huge fish with water spurting out of them and fireworks off the tops of lots of buildings in Melbourne city.
The MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground) where the opening ceremony is being held, is really close to the city centre, just a few minutes drive and apparently thats a pretty impressive thing because most stadiums are out of town, and not close to the city centres. But that would be because the MCG was built for the 1956 Olympics, and back then it probably was out of town!
Now we are having an Aboriginal tribal thing, wishing good luck and the passing of knowledge defined by these globes they are carrying.
Music, The Australian Ballet Company and motorbikes. The ballerinas have these giant tutus. They look great, but I can't quite figure why there's a motorcyle driving around. Oh, now theres more. Very weird. Looks effective. Just a bizarre combination.
Now its time for the althletes. Theres 79 countries competing here from the Commonweath. Australia will be last to come out as we are the host country. Its really nice to see the althletes with disabilities there as well.
Enough for the moment. I'll update more later.
1 comment:
Hey - I posted about the opening ceremony on my blog too ;)
And no, the MCG was not far out of the city when it was originally built for the 1956 Olympics - it was smack bang in the centre of Melbourne then too....very cool, I think :)
I heard on the radio today that the ballerinas and motobikes were symbolising Melbourne's love of both the Arts and Sport.
And now that I know that the boy and the duck story was based on Michael Leunig's cartoons - it make much more sense :)
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