Paul gets ready for the opening ceremony

Paul in his post race party outfit
Originally uploaded by garyrichardjones.

Well we finally made it to the opening ceremony, not though till we ensured Paul got changed and put the team uniform on. The ceremony itself was awesome, 90,000 aussies made alot of noise when the aussie team came in. It was a loong night with plenty of hanging around, but loads of fun and everyone agreed justified all the work that's been put in.

Now for the serious business of race preparations and race day itself.