google earth guide book » Olympics http://google-earth.guide-book.co.uk The guide to Google Earth Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:30:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 2006 Commonwealth Games venues in Melbourne Australia http://google-earth.guide-book.co.uk/2006-commonwealth-games-venues-in-melbourne-australia/ http://google-earth.guide-book.co.uk/2006-commonwealth-games-venues-in-melbourne-australia/#comments Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:01:08 +0000 your google earth guide http://google-earth.guide-book.co.uk/2006-commonwealth-games-venues-in-melbourne-australia/ The 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia can be seen in Google Earth. The venues for the games are focused on Melbourne itself, but some events are also taking place at several other locations outside the city in the Australian state of Victoria. A full list of the sports and venues is included below.

The links in the file below show all the stadium locations and include network paths showing the routes of some of the races. The file has been developed by Andrew Harris on his woowoowoo blog and is the authentic thing as he comes from Melbourne.

Do not feel left out of the action, watching the events on your television. Check out these aerial photos and see where the sportsmen and women will be competing in future days.

If you have Google Earth installed on your computer click on the globe image to bring the locations to your computer.

2006 Commonwealth Games venues click to see the 2006 Commonwealth Games venues

2006 Commonwealth Games venues

ATHLETICS at the world-famous Melbourne Cricket Ground.

BADMINTON, BOXING, WEIGHLIFTING at the Melbourne Exhibition Center

TRACK CYCLING, BASKETBALL & NETBALL FINALS in the Multi-Purpose Venue at Melbourne Park

AQUATICS, SQUASH, TABLE TENNIS at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Center

GYMNASTICS at the Rod Laver Arena, the home of the Australian Open tennis championships

RUGBY SEVENS in the Telstra Dome

ROAD RACE CYCLING around the Royal Botanic Gardens Circuit

CYCLING TIME TRIALS, MOUNTAIN BIKING at the St Kilda Foreshore and Beach Road

SHOOTING in the Melbourne Gun Club at Lilydale

HOCKEY, NETBALL PRELIMINARIES at the State Netball Hockey Centre in Parkville.

LAWN BOWLS at the State Lawn Bowls Centre at the John Cain Memorial Park

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Thanks to the Google Earth team you can ski down the slopes yourself and zoom over the Olympic Stadium to feel what it is like to collect a medal.

If you have Google Earth installed on your computer click on the globe image to fly directly to these places and do your sightseeing without spending a lifetime training and competing.

Olympic Venues click to fly to the Olympic Venues

Olympic Venues

Olympic Events to fly over the Olympic Events

Olympic Events

Alpine Skiing (Sestriere Colle)
Biathlon
Bobsleigh
Closing Ceremonies
Cross Country Skiing
Curling
Figure Skating
Freestyle Skiing
Ice Hockey – Palasport Olimpico
Ice Hockey – Torino Esposizioni
Luge
Nordic Combined (Pragelato Plain)
Nordic Combined (Pragelato)
Opening Ceremonies
Short Track Speed Skating
Skeleton
Ski Jumping
Snow Boarding
Speed Skating

With grateful thanks to the Google Earth team who put in the effort to research the venue locations.

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