Commonwealth Games - 15 - 26 March

[Bec]

So with the Games starting next Wednesday my work is in crazy mode as of today!!!!

Theres NO parking, a constant "beep beep beep beep beep" noise of trucks/forklifts/etc & 11ty billion people running around everywhere like Myer just annouced "Take whatever you want, it's free"

So I thought I'd check in and see:

1. Whos going to the Games?

2. What are you seeing?

3. Whos working/volunteering and where/when?

4. Whos just gunna watch on TV?

PS. GO AUSTRALIA!!!!!!!!!

[Jetdat]

family friend is competing in the weightlifting so i am particularly interested in that...

i also work near the games and road closures and so on will impact me as well, but luckily i am on holidays for another 2 weeks...

[saff_cossie]

Planning on watching a two wheeled event with Blaise and Rachel

[Al]

Not wanting to sound "un-Australian", but the games are going to be a biggest pain in the butt. Traffic is going to be absolute caos, and catching a tram carrying tools, parts and weights, to attend a site is a high probability

GO AUSSIES!!, but i can't wait till it's over..............

[Sass]

hehe, 11ty billion!!!!

im not going to any and probably wont be watching much of it on telly either

[CrispyFries]

To help avoid the traffic chaos...

CommonwealthGamesTraffic.doc

[Kaz200]

Not wanting to sound "un-Australian", but the games are going to be a biggest pain in the butt. Traffic is going to be absolute caos, and catching a tram carrying tools, parts and weights, to attend a site is a high probability

GO AUSSIES!!, but i can't wait till it's over..............

Yep agreed.. the games are gheye! (imo) Just an inconvenience for us. I was just saying this morning.. who gives a rats ar5e about a baton.. a flame going across the world is one thing but a baton.. pfft. Don't drive down the northern citylink tomorrow (inbound) at about 5:30 or you'll get stuck.. (ballarat>sunbury>port melb is tomorrow).

I wouldn't mind so much if it wasn't for the gumby tourists who can't drive/walk across a road etc and the fact we can't even drive down half the roads we use daily.

Oh and don't get your hopes up about the PT system Al.. apparently that's going to be chaos as well. It's been suggested that we use PT 'outside of peak times' ...pfft.

[Bec]

GO AUSSIES!!, but i can't wait till it's over..............

To be honest - I feel the same way.

As my work (Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre) is a major venue for the Games, gettin to/from and in/out at the moment is a joke!! AND the Games haven't even started yet.

They will be cool - and hopefully Melbourne will do a roaring trade and make a buck or two (holds breath) but I too can't wait for normal to come back.

[Ant97GTR]

hehehe I feel lucky I'll be in WA for this

Will prob watch some of it on TV and of course GO THE AUSSIES but I doubt that Melb will make any money from it.

What is the latest on ticket sales....last count wasn't too good and it has all gone quiet since then (too expensive IMO)??

[NateR31]

If it was in my backyard i wouldnt even open the curtain.

[Taso84]

Not wanting to sound "un-Australian", but the games are going to be a biggest pain in the butt. Traffic is going to be absolute caos, and catching a tram carrying tools, parts and weights, to attend a site is a high probability

GO AUSSIES!!, but i can't wait till it's over..............

True that, i goto uni in Carlton necxt to the village and travel with pt every day. As it is now the trams/trains cant cope (during peakhour there is just not enough platforms in the cityloop to cope with the demand) so imagine how bad it will get during the games.

What do u guys reckon of the Commonwealth games anyway? To me it seams like a cheaper version of the Olympics, i mean who really cares about the commonwealth anyway?! At least it will be good for our economy tho!

[justin911]

be nice if they used our tax paying dollars on things everyone could benefit from..

[Mean_R34]

Not wanting to sound "un-Australian", but the games are going to be a biggest pain in the butt.

Al, any more of that & I'll call me mate John Howard.

...he'll tell ya... "That's un-Austraalian!"

[Leewah]

I got roped by the GF to go to the opening ceremony.

Admittingly, I'm in 2 minds. Yes I want to experience the Commonwealth Games while they're in my back yard but getting to and from work on the other 14 days is gonna suck massive wang!

All major routes into the city are pretty much closed off so I'll try to get VPN access to work from home or I'm gonna work ungodly hours to avoid as much traffic as humanly possible.

[spin_psycle]

What do u guys reckon of the Commonwealth games anyway? To me it seams like a cheaper version of the Olympics, i mean who really cares about the commonwealth anyway?! At least it will be good for our economy tho!

Whats with the commonwealth games!?! why dont athletes just compete at the olympics where the competion and in turn the fame and recognition (not to mention the sponsor money) is so much higher

also i work at the airport so thats gona be mega ghey

[Jamezilla]

Gee - you guys all suck.

Nothing but selfish whinging.

How can you think a massive event like this will be crap?

Tim Allen making a new version of the Shaggy Dog? - now that sucks.

The Playboy Mansion is smack-dab in the middle of road closures and security zones - getting too/from work will suck, there will be no driving for me during the events and I think it'll be ace! Walk up to St Kilda Rd to cheer on the cycling road race and the marathon. Watch the English triathletes look sideways for sharks off St Kilda. There will be parties and bands and lions and tigers and bears.. oh my.

Treat this as an experience to savour.

Think of it as the Olympics where we win everything and America gets nothing

Besides - beating England at sports is as Australian as you can get. This mindset with beer plus the lyrics to Khe Sanh is all you need for a great time.

Go Team!

[Jamezilla]

For your reference:

I left my heart to the sappers 'round Khe Sanh,

And my soul was sold with my cigarettes to the black market man.

I've had the Vietnam cold the sphincter of the universe from the ocean to the Silver City.

And it's only other vets could understand.

'Bout the long forgotten dockside guarantees,

How there were no V-Day heroes in nineteen seventy-three.

How we sailed into Sydney Harbour,

Saw an old friend but couldn't kiss her,

She was lined,

And I was home to the lucky land.

She was like so many more from that time on,

Their lives were all so empty,

Till they'd found their chosen one,

And their legs were often open,

But their minds always closed,

And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains.

And the legal pad were yellow,

Hours long, paypackets lean,

And the telex writers clattered,

Where the gunships once had been;

But the carparks made me jumpy,

And I never stopped the dreams,

Or the growing need for speed or novacine.

So I worked across the country from end to end,

Tried to find a place to settle down,

Where my mixed-up life could mend,

Held a job on an oil-rig,

Flying choppers when I could,

But the night-life nearly drove me 'round the bend.

And I've travelled 'round the world from year to year,

And each one found me aimless,

One more year the worse for wear,

And I've been back to South East Asia,

But you know the answer sure ain't there,

But I'm drifting North,

To check things out again.

Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone,

And only seven flying hours,

And I'll landing in Hong Kong,

And there ain't nothin' like kisses from a jaded Chinese Princess,

I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long.

Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone,

You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone,

And it's got me worried,

I'm goin' nowhere and I'm in a hurry,

You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.

Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.

Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.

It's really got me worried,

I'm goin' nowhere and I'm in a hurry,

You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.

[Justin O]

^^^^ I SECOND THAT^^^^

Love the lyrics Cold Chisel is gold.

Games will be awsome, watch Australia win most of the medals. What else could you want. Lol

2 weeks isnt so long, be over before you know it.

[Jetdat]

cant believe all the negativity....

so what if we get inconvienienced for a few weeks...this reminds me of the wankers that didnt want the grand prix in albert park...i doubt noone in here would agree with them coz we are all petrol heads...so think of those that love the sports that are in the games...dont they deserve a few weeks of pleasure?

[saff_cossie]

Gee - you guys all suck.

Nothing but selfish whinging.

How can you think a massive event like this will be crap?

Tim Allen making a new version of the Shaggy Dog? - now that sucks.

The Playboy Mansion is smack-dab in the middle of road closures and security zones - getting too/from work will suck, there will be no driving for me during the events and I think it'll be ace! Walk up to St Kilda Rd to cheer on the cycling road race and the marathon. Watch the English triathletes look sideways for sharks off St Kilda. There will be parties and bands and lions and tigers and bears.. oh my.

Treat this as an experience to savour.

Think of it as the Olympics where we win everything and America gets nothing

Besides - beating England at sports is as Australian as you can get. This mindset with beer plus the lyrics to Khe Sanh is all you need for a great time.

Go Team!

I nearly agree with you there (except for the England bit! )but excellent points. I know its easier for me to saying working in woop woop but I live basically on Beach Road and it is closed for at least 4 days from what the signs say. I am looking forward to walking to the end of my street with a chair and watching some cycling.

BTW James - English and Sharks is nearly true there as Nic's dad had me believe Dolphins were aplenty in the bay all year

You should at least have utilised this emoticon with mention giong to the mansion