[Cricket] The Ashes Downunder 2025/26 - Top Tips

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um bongo molongo

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• Sep 3, 2024

• #21

One other important tip: they only serve low alcohol beer (unless in the posh seats). If you drink a lot of it, all it will do is make you need the loo a lot. I had to recalibrate my typical cricket going experience and save the drinking for the evening

 

Change at Barnham

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• Sep 3, 2024

• #22

Chicken Run said:

Are you doing anything for the one off 150th Anniversary Melbourne test in 27?

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I believe so.

 

Barry Izbak

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Time for a

Thanks already to @Change at Barnham for his invaluable help

Has anyone else got any tips as we plan to cross off #1 from our Bucket List ?

 

vegster

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May 5, 2008

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• Jan 24, 2025

• #24

Top tip. Don't go, going to cost a fortune and you are going to watch us get stuffed. Try a Windies tour, still expensive but at least we should win some.

 

Eeyore

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When in Sydney. It's good to take a look outwith otherwise it's just another city.

Katoomba is a two hour train journey from Central Station. There you can see the Blue Mountains. Not quite outback, but almost. Look it up and make an afternoon free.

Don't go to Canberra, unless it's just an afternoon trip to see the embassies. Tis rather dull.

Forget Bondi Beach. There is little endearing about it. I'm told Manly Beach is nice. I suspect @Guinness Boy will know more on that one.

I lived in Sydney for four months and played cricket in the western suburbs

 

BadFish

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Eeyore said:

When in Sydney. It's good to take a look outwith otherwise it's just another city.

Katoomba is a two hour train journey from Central Station. There you can see the Blue Mountains. Not quite outback, but almost. Look it up and make an afternoon free.

Don't go to Canberra, unless it's just an afternoon trip to see the embassies. Tis rather dull.

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Agree, when in Melbourne get yourself as far down the Great Ocean Road as you can. Hire a car and drive it if you can afford it.

 

Eeyore

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BadFish said:

Agree, when in Melbourne get yourself as far down the Great Ocean Road as you can. Hire a car and drive it if you can afford it.

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Strangely, I never saw Melbourne. Whether I missed a lot I don't know. I've seen cricket in Adelaide, Brisbane and Sydney.

 

BadFish

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Eeyore said:

Strangely, I never saw Melbourne. Whether I missed a lot I don't know. I've seen cricket in Adelaide, Brisbane and Sydney.

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A full MCG is a sight to behold.

Melbourne is a brilliant city too (I am biased clearly) not as stunningly beautiful as Sydney but enjoys a little more depth .

 

dazzer6666

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BadFish said:

Agree, when in Melbourne get yourself as far down the Great Ocean Road as you can. Hire a car and drive it if you can afford it.

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This. Drove the GOR in October, fantastic part of the trip. Toured much of Oz apart from WA, Sydney was probably the least impressive part……….Absolutely loved Brisbane and Adelaide though. Also, didn’t find it that expensive - hotels/meals/drinks a bit below what we’re used to here.

 

Barry Izbak

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• Tuesday at 9:49 AM

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We're booked! We're going!

Boxing Day test in Melbourne. We'll be in that crowd in the sunshine.

New Year's Test in Sydney. Yep. Tickets for that too.

grateful thanks to @Change at Barnham for invaluable advice

Any one else from NSC going to be out there?

 

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• Tuesday at 10:00 AM

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We're hoping to go over. The other half is from outskirts of Melbourne and she wants to go back for a Xmas with her family; as such persuaded her to wait until this year so it coincides with the Ashes.

 

Guinness Boy

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• Tuesday at 10:10 AM

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Eeyore said:

When in Sydney. It's good to take a look outwith otherwise it's just another city.

Katoomba is a two hour train journey from Central Station. There you can see the Blue Mountains. Not quite outback, but almost. Look it up and make an afternoon free.

Don't go to Canberra, unless it's just an afternoon trip to see the embassies. Tis rather dull.

Forget Bondi Beach. There is little endearing about it. I'm told Manly Beach is nice. I suspect @Guinness Boy will know more on that one.

I lived in Sydney for four months and played cricket in the western suburbs

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Yep, Katoomba is fantastic. A train ride through the Western suburbs and then you're suddenly walking in the Blue Mountains. And I'd definitely recommend taking the ferry from Circular Quay to Manly. Very good beach and nice bars and restaurants that aren't as expensive as the CBD (or weren't 20 years ago )

 

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• Tuesday at 10:20 AM

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Barry Izbak said:

We're booked! We're going!

Boxing Day test in Melbourne. We'll be in that crowd in the sunshine.

New Year's Test in Sydney. Yep. Tickets for that too.

grateful thanks to @Change at Barnham for invaluable advice

Any one else from NSC going to be out there?

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Yup am going with my old man - into Melbourne on 21st and home from Sydney on 12th Jan. All sorted beyond tickets (didnt want to do a package) but have enough aussie contacts to hopefully get what we want tickets wise

 

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knocky1

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• Tuesday at 12:19 PM

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Wish I hadn't worn thongs Boxing Day 2006. Toilets were 2" deep in piss and chunder.

 

PeterT

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• Tuesday at 12:28 PM

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We are going out for the Lions tour, and then back again in November just for the Perth test which I have been to a couple of time before but only at the WACA. That said, I have seen around 15 Ashes tests in Australia and my record is shocking - 1 win, a few draws and lots of days thinking ‘oh well it’s just nice to be here anyway!’

So far so good for tickets - friends and relatives there have sorted us out for the rugby and we plan to lean on them again for Perth, though I suspect that one will be easier to get than some of the others.

 

thedonkeycentrehalf

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• Tuesday at 3:59 PM

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knocky1 said:

Wish I hadn't worn thongs Boxing Day 2006. Toilets were 2" deep in piss and chunder.

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Really hope you mean flip-flops and not underwear or else that is disturbing on several levels

 

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tomfitz12

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• Tuesday at 4:14 PM

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Guinness Boy said:

Yep, Katoomba is fantastic. A train ride through the Western suburbs and then you're suddenly walking in the Blue Mountains. And I'd definitely recommend taking the ferry from Circular Quay to Manly. Very good beach and nice bars and restaurants that aren't as expensive as the CBD (or weren't 20 years ago )

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I was over in the CBD in September and found the prices actually surprisingly similar to what you're paying here (Central Brighton or Manchester that is). Not sure if the Aussies have gone cheap or it's a damning sign of how expensive the UK is that we've caught up with them!