It was our second visit to the Australian Open, having first visited two years ago. Although I'd looked at Air BnB's in the city I decided instead to book us into Melbourne Metro YHA. It was a great place to stay, cheap, pretty central and had a fabulous roof top terrace which was perfect for enjoying breakfast with views back across the city. I'm sure there must be much more luxurious (and expensive) hotels with far worse views than the YHA had.
I'd booked ahead for the tennis which meant we had great tickets for the Rod Laver Arena (essentially Centre Court) and Margaret Court (for a night session).
Tennis is an enthralling sport, it's easy to just watch five minutes play and then walk away, but conversely it's also just as easy to get sucked into every single point and watch every second of every point.
During our two days at the tournament were lucky enough to see Rafal Nadal (he beat an Australian, Mathew Ebden), Sharapova, Canberran Nick Kyrgios, as well as a mammoth Andy Murray game which went on until around 11.30pm on our first night.
The tournament has a different 'feel' to Wimbledon, but has no less stature. There's loads to do around the outside of the courts and it's sometimes as fun to people-watch as it is to watch the tennis. I hope we have many more trips there together as a family.
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| Our roof top terrace in Melbourne Metro YHA |
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| Rod Laver Arena in the background |
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| Inside Rod Laver (the kids were so amused by Rafal Nadal pulling his knickers out of his bum) |
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| Rod Laver statue |
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| watching Andy Murray in Melbourne Arena |
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| This is what you look like after nearly four hours of an Andy Murray game.. |
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| Our 2nd night session court-side at Margaret Court Arena |
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