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Football - but Not As We Know It

For anyone who likes to see an unfamiliar sport amid thousands of devoted fans, a trip to sports-mad Melbourne could be in order.

In the Victorian capital, the sport in question is Australian rules football, played on an oval with a rugby-shaped ball by men in sleeveless shirts and with umpires in huge white coats waving flags in strange ways behind a double set of goalposts.

If all this sounds strange, it is not to the denizens of Melbourne, Canberra or Adelaide, the cities where the sport is most popular.

Visitors staying in cheap hotels in Melbourne on 29th September will be in town in time for the grand final, to be held in the vast arena of the Melbourne Cricket ground.

Those wanting to go are advised to snap up tickets quickly, because this is one of the most popular sporting events in Australia.

Visitors to Melbourne will be able to combine this experience with the enjoyment of culinary excellence in the city's vast range of restaurants and an intoxicating mix of European cultures resulting from decades of immigration.

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Updated: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:12:49

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