[Cricket] The Ashes Downunder 2025/26 - Top Tips
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It’s rare that we go there with high expectations, probably only once since the late 80’s. I suspect we will lose, but doubt it will be a 5-0. I‘d go more with a plucky 3-1.
- Apr 5, 2014
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Most of us work on that premise. Folk go for the experience more than anything else. Apart from 2010/11, England have been stuffed with great regularity in the last 30 odd years.
It depends hugely on which bowlers are fit for the trip. If England can call from a pool of Carse, Wood, Archer, Atkinson and Stone then they have a chance of causing an upset. If they’re relying on a pool of Woakes, Curran, Potts and Hull then we’re toast.
Personally I think it’ll end 4-1 or (if we get lucky) 3-2 to the bad guys. The biggest thing I want is for Root to get a hundred, the one thing that remains missing from his CV.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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I happened to be in Oz in Feb/March 2014. Needed some stamps for postcards to send back home. This is what they gave me at the local post office. Ouch! 
Lenny Rider
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- Sep 15, 2010
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If you can, which a man of your means almost certainly will be able to, turn left when you get on the plane, as its a long, long journey if you turn right 
Pft, if you ask now I bet it will be of the 100s finest, the Hola Hoop smashersI happened to be in Oz in Feb/March 2014. Needed some stamps for postcards to send back home. This is what they gave me at the local post office. Ouch!
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I was at the Boxing Day test in 2006/7 and it was absolutely FREEEZING! I appreciate it can be hot too!I’m not a fan of cricket but will be attending on Boxing Day just for the fun of it! So if you see a mature female in an Albion shirt, please do come and say Hi
The sun is pretty fierce so don’t forget your factor 50 and a hat!
It’s Melbourne. The weather is unpredictable to say the least
This whole ‘Australia wins its game’ form of English. They use it all the time, even about teams like Liverpool ‘Liverpool is’ rather than ‘are’ when talking about the team.I happened to be in Oz in Feb/March 2014. Needed some stamps for postcards to send back home. This is what they gave me at the local post office. Ouch!
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And you could argue they were right and we were wrong except they are completely inconsistent with it and seem to vary the phrase according to the team and who wrote the article. It doesn’t even have logic or vary if the team has a singular name, eg Palace, compared to a plural, eg Seagulls.
Just something I noticed a while back when there and haven’t been able to let it go …..
jakarta
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Happily I was at the MCG for 2010 Boxing Day Test. Convicts 99 all out and then we scored a bucketful, all on the first day!
Had a drink with Change at Barnham at Tea. We couldn't believe what we had just seen.
We hadn't gone on one of his Tours, we were just having a Christmas away from home and seeing family in Melbourne having lost Mrs Jakartas mum earlier in the year but we are old correspondents from the Sussex CCC Fans website so managed to meet up for a quick beer.
Tickets were not a problem thanks to our Aussie connections, the MCG does after all have a capacity of 100,000....
Absolute fire drill approaching stumps, probably more England fans in the place than Aussies and you should have read the Papers the next day, absolutely hilarious.
Anyway Change at Barnham is a VERY knowledge bloke when it comes to Sports Tours here, there and everywhere.
Our family ties have now gone to Adelaide, which according to Change at Barham is the nicest ground on the Tour.
So something to me to sort out for the next Ashes.
Had a drink with Change at Barnham at Tea. We couldn't believe what we had just seen.
We hadn't gone on one of his Tours, we were just having a Christmas away from home and seeing family in Melbourne having lost Mrs Jakartas mum earlier in the year but we are old correspondents from the Sussex CCC Fans website so managed to meet up for a quick beer.
Tickets were not a problem thanks to our Aussie connections, the MCG does after all have a capacity of 100,000....
Absolute fire drill approaching stumps, probably more England fans in the place than Aussies and you should have read the Papers the next day, absolutely hilarious.
Anyway Change at Barnham is a VERY knowledge bloke when it comes to Sports Tours here, there and everywhere.
Our family ties have now gone to Adelaide, which according to Change at Barham is the nicest ground on the Tour.
So something to me to sort out for the next Ashes.
Whoislloydy
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I did Boxing Day at the MCG in 13/14, unreal experience. So much fun.
fly high
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Yep. Provided you can tolerate the humiliation of a stuffing would be amazing.
5Ways Gull
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Was that the one where we had a first innings lead over a hundred with 10 wkts remaining at yhe end of the first day, having bowled them out for 90 odd?
- Jul 7, 2003
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Take your bowling boots.
jrbha
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We are doing Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. Booked the hotel and ticket packages through The Barmy Army.
Whilst we're going to watch the cricket, it's a once in a lifetime experience to see a country that we probably won't be doing again, so would love to see other areas away from the major cities whilst we're over there. Can anyone help with/recommended places to visit and/or a route between Adelaide - Melbourne and Melbourne - Sydney? Likely to have 2 - 3 days travel time in between each city and would like to see the more 'rural'/off the beaten track areas as well as the major cities. Thanks in advance.
Whilst we're going to watch the cricket, it's a once in a lifetime experience to see a country that we probably won't be doing again, so would love to see other areas away from the major cities whilst we're over there. Can anyone help with/recommended places to visit and/or a route between Adelaide - Melbourne and Melbourne - Sydney? Likely to have 2 - 3 days travel time in between each city and would like to see the more 'rural'/off the beaten track areas as well as the major cities. Thanks in advance.
Buffalo Seagull
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If you have time in Adelaide and access to a car, take a drive down to Victor Harbor for the day. Plenty of things to do, and get lunch from the Port Elliott bakery; it's the best in the state.
Between Adelaide and Melbourne:
From Adelaide, take Highway 1 down to Mount Gambier rather than the main highway to Bordertown - there are a few seaside towns you can stop in along the way, but Mount Gambier is a regional centre. Have a look at Blue Lake and the Umpherston Sinkhole, and you can go for a swim and even a bit of cliff jumping at Little Blue Lake. About an hour up the road from Mount Gambier are the Naracoorte Caves. These are world heritage listed - there are tours you can book in advance, including a beginners adventure caving one that I did with my son when he was nine, and was awesome. There's also a huge deposit of ancient Australian megafauna fossils at the bottom of one of the caves, which is the reason for its heritage listing.
Obvious major attraction on the Victorian side of the border is the Great Ocean Road - there are plenty of spots along the way to get out of the car and explore the coastline, but the town of Warrnambool is also worth visiting and has some great maritime history sites and museums. Plenty of waterfalls around Lorne are worth a visit, and be sure to see Bells Beach if you're in to surfing.
Between Melbourne and Sydney:
The main highway is a dual carriageway the whole way that bypasses all of the towns. It's worth stopping in Glenrowan, about three hours out of Melbourne, the site of the capture of Ned Kelly, Australia's most infamous bushranger. When you get to the NSW side of the border, you might want to leave the main highway and head up through Wagga Wagga and some other smaller country towns. If you're into motor racing this way to Sydney will take you through Bathurst, where you can do a lap of the track and visit the museum there. Or if you stick to the Hume Highway, you can visit the Bradman sites in Bowral, the town where he was born.