Yarra Park, Melbourne

Yarra Park has become the premier sporting precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, with the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) and numerous sporting fields and ovals, including the associated sporting complexes of Melbourne Park and Olympic Park. The park and sporting facilities are located in the suburb of East Melbourne.

Related Topics:
Melbourne - Victoria - Australia - Melbourne Cricket Ground - Melbourne Park - Olympic Park - East Melbourne

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Tree-lined paths run parallel to Punt road and Swan street, and criss-cross the park. Some of the lawns are used for parking for sporting events. Two footbridges allow pedestrians and cyclists to cross the railway lines to the different sporting venues.

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Around the MCG are sculptures to several Australian sporting heros including: Australian Rules footballers Ron Barassi and Dick Reynolds; cricketers Sir Donald Bradman and Keith Miller; athletics "golden girl" Betty Cuthbert. Nearby is an old eucalypt tree which shows a big scar caused by harvesting of bark for a canoe by the original inhabitants of the Yarra River Valley, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation.

Related Topics:
Australian Rules - Ron Barassi - Dick Reynolds - Cricketers - Donald Bradman - Keith Miller - Athletics - Betty Cuthbert - Wurundjeri - Kulin

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