Nostalgia
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happy_tiger
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So very true
44 years since giant Matilda winked at Australia
On 30 September 1982, Brisbane opened the Commonwealth Games with one of the most gloriously Australian ceremonies imaginable: a kookaburra call, a massive 13-metre mechanical kangaroo called Matilda doing a lap of QEII Stadium and winking at the crowd, before her pouch opened and little “joeys” came running out.
Even better, 6,500 schoolkids formed a map of Australia — without Tasmania.
OOPS!!
On 30 September 1982, Brisbane opened the Commonwealth Games with one of the most gloriously Australian ceremonies imaginable: a kookaburra call, a massive 13-metre mechanical kangaroo called Matilda doing a lap of QEII Stadium and winking at the crowd, before her pouch opened and little “joeys” came running out.
Even better, 6,500 schoolkids formed a map of Australia — without Tasmania.
OOPS!!
Homebush?
Didnt know it was like that...bolted on
Tennis 1976
Back row (left-right): Sue Barker, Cynthia Doerner, Natasha Chmyreva, Betty Stove, Virginia Wade, Mima Jausovec, Carrie Meyer, Terry Holladay, Olga Morozova and Martina Navratilova.
Front row: Marita Redondo, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Rosie Casals, Chris Evert and Lesley Hunt.
Back row (left-right): Sue Barker, Cynthia Doerner, Natasha Chmyreva, Betty Stove, Virginia Wade, Mima Jausovec, Carrie Meyer, Terry Holladay, Olga Morozova and Martina Navratilova.
Front row: Marita Redondo, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Rosie Casals, Chris Evert and Lesley Hunt.