Today I went to work at a football stadium. I'm working on a project for Melbourne Water which involves conducting a series of hot topic workshops related to water sensitive urban design. The workshop of the day was focused on asset maintenance, and as such, the MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground - footy and cricket oval) was used to lure maintenance crews to attend, with a much anticipated tour to follow the workshop. My role of the day was designated gopher - I welcomed people, doled out name tags, ran the sound, raced microphones across the floor to various council members, and did some overall schmoozing. Right up my alley. The tour was interesting but short. I did learn that the stadium holds 100,000 people, but was most full when Billy Graham addressed a crowd of between 125-140,000 people packed in the stands and on the turf. There are 97,000 members of the MCG with only 23,000 seats designated for members. There is a waiting list of over 167,000 people to become members with an estimated wait time to exceed 15 years.
Tonight I met up with a group of people from my third Landmark course. We went to the Belgian Beer Garden on St Kilda Rd, about halfway between my old St Kilda stomping grounds and the city. I hadn't been to the beer garden before but I was in for a treat. There were heaps of picnic tables with big white light bulbs strung across a giant yard. The atmosphere was very chill and enjoyable with lots of beer on tap. Can't wait for December!!! Only a couple days now.
I ran into a girl from my boxing class on the tram back towards the city. It was bizarre to see each other in normal clothes and out for the night, as opposed to our normal sweaty messy state. Her Saudi Arabian friend lived near me so I chatted with her on my way home.
