Sneak Peak of the Australian Open: Melbourne 16/01/07 Part III

After exploring the city, it's time to take a sneak peak at Melbourne Park for what I came for, the Australian Open. Melbourne Park is the venue of the annual competition held during summer. This year, the Australian Open was held from 15th till 28th of January. For the official website of the Australian Open, checkout: http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/index.html.

For some of you reading this who have no idea what competition I'm referring to, the Australian Open is a tennis competition and it's one of the four most prestigious competitions (Grand Slam titles) in the world of tennis. The other 3 are the Wimbledon Open, French Open and US Open.

Without any intention of entering Melbourne Park as it was almost evening time, and people were already on their way out of there, I decided to take a stroll down Batman Avenue to check out the surroundings of Melbourne Park. Batman Avenue (what a cool name!) is the road leading to Melbourne Park from the CBD area.

Signs leading to the Australian Open

Peering over the fence from an overhead bridge. There were many others doing the same thing, there was even a tv station crew placing his camera on the bridge. So if you are thinking along the line of "cheapskate", don't even think about it

Entrance to Melbourne Park. The board on the right shows the matches that would be played on the main courts for the day

After that, I proceeded to Federation Square to watch some live tennis on the big screen with other folks. This concludes my first day in Melbourne.


Catching tennis on the big screen under the stars