Bremerton (CA 130) - Naval Cruise Book

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We saw the United States win two gold medals that first afternoon, and felt the tenseness of the huge crowd as famous Australian miler John Landy lthird from last at rightl came from behind but couldn't do better than third in the l5OO meters final. The pillarless swimming stadium lleftl, and the facade of the cycling rink.

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I . INMGwwwm,WQ gf Q f f 11111, , l ' i ff! ,402 ' 5 1 5 M E , ll, ffmffff!ff THE AMES The XVI Olympiad was in tull swing when vve arrived, and the Australians, sportsmen to the ruddy core were jamming the huge and modern stadiums and enthusiastically roaring approval ot their ath letes efforts We managed to get tickets to even the biggest events during the week including the last day ot the track and Held events in the mon strous Melbourne Cricket ground where the Olympic Torch the Symbol ot the Games kindled on tar oft Mount Olympus in Greece and carried by plane and runner t the top ot the sta num burned brightly over llO OOO people and the greatest athletes in the world

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N , Skrange Animals . . . P The Australian continent claims a lot' of unusual creatures as native, some ot which are direct decendants ot prehistoric animals which once populated the Earth. At the park-like zoos and sanctu- aries we savv the ostrich-sized Emu birds fbelowl, Koala bears Ctop rightl, Kangaroos Cmiddlej, and the rarest marsupials of them all, the Duck-billed Flatypusf Unidentitied Americanus Whitehattus