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Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)

Description: Yarra Park, Jolimont, Melbourne, Victoria, 3002. Tel: 03 9657 8867.

Newest Review: ... - a couple of hours of mayhem with three dozen men in nylon pants and vests, mullets and moustaches kicking the **** out of each other. And from October to January you can catch the cricket - the Boxing Day test and the 1 dayers in Jnauary being the highlight. The ground holds over 100,000 and if you can make a top game you'll be amazed by the atmosphere. The Great Southern Stand alone ... more

... holds more people than most sporting stadiums in the world (around 50,000). You can also catch a tour of the pavillion and ground and will be taken round by one of the old guys. This ends in the Olympic Musuem which commerorates the 1956 Games which t...more

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Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG): The MCG - it'll bowl you over (159 words)
by - written on 15/06/01 (Useful, 38 readings)
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If you have any sort of sporting inclination head for the Melbourne Cricket Ground (better known as MCG or the 'G). From February to September you can go to the Australian Rules - a couple of hours of mayhem with three dozen men in nylon pants and vests, mullets and moustaches kicking the **** out of each other. And from October to January you can catch the cricket - the Boxing Day test and the 1 dayers in Jnauary being the highlight. The ground holds over 100,000 and if you can make a top game you'll be amazed by the atmosphere. The Great Southern Stand alone holds more people than most sporting stadiums in the world (around 50,000). ... Read the complete review