BRISBANE March 1989 (by plane)
...Australian Under 18 and Under 16 Track & Field Championships. My first Nationals, and my first trip interstate. A special moment for me in the year I turned 15 years old. I took lots of silly photos like about 20 of the QE2 stadium for example, and abot 10 on the plane.
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(L-R)Photo 1;Me in the U/16 1500mwalk finishing 9th in a PB of 6.54...........
Photo 2; Matthew O'Donnell (NSW) and Richard Illingworth (NSW?) leading at about 300m, with me and some NT guy trying to hold onto the pace. O'Donnell won in about 6.10, and me and the NT guy got passed by about 6 guys as the lactic acid buildup took its toll....
Photo 3; The warmup track in Brisbane.
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Photos of the Queen Elizabeth II Stadium in Brisbane from the front and inside. This stadium was built for the 1982 Commonwealth games.
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Two of the better (!) photos I took on the plane, as I was pretty excited about it all.
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Photo 1; The state team stayed at the Sunnybank star motel in Brisbane.
Photo 2; Some of the team on the long night flight home to Perth trying to sleep.
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