as usual, since it's a woman he's up against, he criticizes her wardrobe and hairdo, not her politics. what's an old woman who doesn't have a "backside" that every 84-year old man would want to look at, doing out in public?? that's the real crime.

Yeah, William? Well male patterned balding makes me bloody furious!

"long dresses, looks like Mother Hubbard -- it's sort of like she was a man."

No wonder I can't get any cred as a man's man. I don't ever wear long dresses nor do I look like Mother Hubbard. I bet I'd look pretty darn cool if I did, though, especially if I did what's left of my hair up in an old-fashioned hairdo. I've got to wonder if I could fit that hairdo under the hard hat, though.

sounds like he's getting senile or something to me

Main Stadium
The Stadium has been the principal sporting arena of the city for many years. It is used for cricket in the summer and Australian rules football in the winter. The ground had a fall of about 8 feet from the north to south. As the international athletic requirements permitted a maximum variation from level only of 1 in 1,000 in length and 1 in 100 in width, this involved complete regrading of the arena. During regrading, the 400 metre track of seven lanes was laid down. The top surfacing of the track was completed immediately prior to the Games. This track was removed afterwards so that the ground could be made suitable again for cricket and football.

The spectator stands had been built in several sections over many years. The Melbourne Cricket Club, controllers of the ground, decided to dismantle the oldest stand and replace it with a three-tiered concrete stand with a capacity of 40,000 spectators. This raised the total accommodation to 104,000.

The Stadium was situated about one mile from the centre of the city, in parkland with ample car parking facilities and good access by railways and roads from all directions.

Olympic Park
This is a State-owned area of 22½ acres of parkland, approximately a mile from the centre of the city and within 400 yards of the Main Stadium, and had been used for sport generally, but with few amenities. It was decided to re-develop the entire area, and plans were prepared for four arenas, Swimming (with separate Diving Pool), Cycling, Hockey, and Athletics, the grassed area within the athletic track to be used for the preliminary football matches and the track itself for training purposes.

The design for the Swimming and Diving Stadium was opened to competition, the successful architects being Messrs. Borland, McIntyre and Murphy, Melbourne architects, who had combined as a team to produce a design which was to attract attention and cause favourable comment throughout Australia and from many parts of the world. Swimming and diving pools were entirely enclosed and the building had a seating capacity of about 6,000. The demand for seating was such that the Committee could have used a much bigger building had it been available, but cost of construction was the limiting factor. The Athletic and Football ground held 37,000 on the terraces with 3,000 seated in the stand.

The Velodrome was built around a 333 metre cycling track. A permanent stand provided seating for 4,400 people, whilst a temporary stand provided an additional 3,500 seats. The Hockey field had a small stand to seat 1,048 people and banked earth terraces to accommodate about 20,000 people standing.

Olympic Park as a central and fully-equipped sporting area proved an unqualified success and provides a continuing asset for the future.