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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 December 2024. 2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony Date 4 April 2018 (2018-04-04) Time 20:00 – 23:00 AEST Location Gold Coast, Australia Coordinates 28°00′23″S 153°22′2″E / 28.00639°S 153.36722°E / -28.00639; 153.36722 Also known as Hello Earth Filmed by NEP Australia ...
The opening ceremony of the Games was held up by protests by a group of Indigenous Australians. Before the ceremony, the protesters blocked the route of the Queen's Baton Relay, as it was under way in the suburb of Southport, which caused the run to be halted for about an hour. [8] A protester told host broadcaster Seven Network, [8]
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West Coast's Luke Shuey won the Norm Smith Medal as the player judged best on ground. It is regarded as one of the greatest grand finals as well as one of the greatest games in AFL history, finishing first in a public poll of the AFL's 50 greatest games of the last 50 years in 2020.
The Young Divas performed "You're the Inspiration" in tribute to retiring stars, Members of the Australian 2006 FIBA Women's World Championship team, the 2006 winners of the Brownlow Medal (Adam Goodes), Coleman Medal (Brendan Fevola) & AFL Rising Star (Danyle Pearce) and the 2006 class of the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
It was Australia's 21st appearance at the Commonwealth Games, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1930. Australia previously hosted the Games four times – 1938 Sydney, 1962 Perth, 1982 Brisbane and 2006 Melbourne. Being the host nation, Australia sent a contingent of 474 athletes, participating in all of the 18 sports staged.
The opening ceremony, a six-kilometre (3.7-mile) parade along the River Seine attended by more than 300,000, will take place on July 26, when the sun sets at 9.35 p.m. local time.
The Opening Ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games was held on 15 March 2006 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. [1] The ceremony was conceived and produced by Jack Morton Worldwide [ 2 ] [ 3 ]