Tour Australian Sports History at Melbourne Cricket Ground and the National Sports Museum
Did you know Melbourne is the sporting capital of Australia?
Melbourne Cricket Ground is one of the world’s greatest stadiums, also the largest and oldest sports venue in Australia, opening in 1853 and holding up to 100,000 raging fans.
Take a tour through sports history
Daily tours take visitors through a tour of Australian history: including the Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum.
Depending when you visit, catch a game of cricket in summer or football during winter.
Across from the MCG is Melbourne Park, home of the Australian Open tennis tournament, held annually every January.
Address: Brunton Ave, East Melbourne, Victoria
Official site: http://www.mcg.org.au/
