{"id":143,"date":"2007-02-13T05:10:24","date_gmt":"2007-02-13T05:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/getasportsite.com\/ryanhellyer\/2007\/02\/13\/melbourne\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T19:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T18:05:11","slug":"melbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2007\/melbourne\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I separated from the rest of the crew after leaving Tasmania and explored Melbourne on my own. I took my roller hockey skates with me so could cover heaps of ground in minimal time \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2007\/07\/melbournecityskyline.jpg\" title=\"Melbourne City Skyline\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2007\/07\/melbournecityskyline.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Melbourne City Skyline\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2007\/07\/rodlaverarena.jpg\" title=\"Rod Laver Arena\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2007\/07\/rodlaverarena.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Rod Laver Arena\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2007\/07\/themcg.jpg\" title=\"The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2007\/07\/themcg.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I jumped the barrier stopping the traffic from getting on to the Albert Park formula 1 track (which was being constructed a the time) and started timing myself to see how long it took me to skate around the track. 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