I love the Grand Final. It has always been a great day (ignoring St Kilda's recent appearances), especially in Melbourne where the whole town gets into the spirit and jumps on the band wagon of one team or another...... I was a bit keen to make sure that New Delhi captured a little bit of that feeling and celebrated the day so as to avoid those pangs of homesickness that can creep in around big occasions.
Well I need not have worried, Grand Final day was excellent here and the Aussie expat crowd all got in the swing of things, even those who didn't particularly like footy (unbelievable I know).
The festivities here kicked off at 9.30am, with bounce-down at 10am. The scene was set for a great day - bouncy castle and pottery making man for the kids, 'fair dinkum' Aussie pies, lamingtons and pavlovas from the Courtyard Marriott Gurgaon and the bar open for business.
180 people turned up to enjoy the day, including members of a visiting U15's cricket team and the Ride2Rescue guys who are riding their bikes from London to Melbourne, a pretty amazing feat.
I have to say the pies were sensational and probably the highlight of the day ...
but the other brilliant element was that all these wonderful peeps, that are living so far from 'home', got together to celebrate a game of football over a pie and a beer - how Australian is that?
Oh and of course Geelong won which made the majority of the crowd very happy.
We are Geelong, the greatest team of all....................................... yes, yes you are!
Well I need not have worried, Grand Final day was excellent here and the Aussie expat crowd all got in the swing of things, even those who didn't particularly like footy (unbelievable I know).
The festivities here kicked off at 9.30am, with bounce-down at 10am. The scene was set for a great day - bouncy castle and pottery making man for the kids, 'fair dinkum' Aussie pies, lamingtons and pavlovas from the Courtyard Marriott Gurgaon and the bar open for business.
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| No party is complete without a balloon arch ... |
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| or a bouncy castle! |
180 people turned up to enjoy the day, including members of a visiting U15's cricket team and the Ride2Rescue guys who are riding their bikes from London to Melbourne, a pretty amazing feat.
We had footy's to giveaway at half-time and everyone was enjoying an early morning sparkling or Coopers beer. There was even a chook raffle!
I have to say the pies were sensational and probably the highlight of the day ...
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| The pie...... YUM! |
Oh and of course Geelong won which made the majority of the crowd very happy.
We are Geelong, the greatest team of all....................................... yes, yes you are!
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