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Down in Down Under - Diary - 10/08/02
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saturday @ olympic parkToday on our day off we decided to visit Olympic Park. Phil has been there already and reportet really enthusiastic. That's why we went on to have a look on the facillities today, after a part of our group left for Cairns.At Central Station, which is really small for such a big city, we have been informed that there is no possibility to go directly to Olympic Park. So we had to change trains on the way - no problem. On the train, again by chance, we met a German lady, who left Germany 35 years ago and had a really nice chat. We apparently were the only ones in the train, after changing over to the Olympic Park Shuttle. Arriving at the park the big station appeared to be quite lifeless, during the games 50 000 people have checked in here within an hour. Then we first went to the Visitor's Centre, to get some information concerning the guided tours and decided to jump on the Olympic Explorer, which is driving through the whole park and explaining nearly everything. Afterwards we rushed into the Stadium Australia to do a behind the scenes tour, which was really interesting. We got lots of facts to know. During the games for example it had a capacity of 110 000 seats. At the moment they do a reconfiguration which leads to a new capacity of "just" 80 000 people. For a not small amount you can become Platinum Member, then you get 2 Tickets for every event for the next 28 years, an own parking spot and access to a special lounge within the stadium and special seats in front of this one. The pictures are seperately again, as they are again a little more of them. |
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