It's a driving distance of 73.6 kilometres, which should take you about an hour from the CBD.
Once: Carlton, Melbourne, St Kilda Twice: Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Sth Melbourne Four Times: Richmond
There was only 12 teams: Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Hawthorn, Melbourne, North Melbourne, Richmond, St. Kilda, South Melbourne and Footscray
1.Head west on Bourke St toward Galleria Plza 2.Turn left at King St 3.Continue on Kings Way 4.Sharp right to merge onto West Gate Fwy 5.Continue on Princes Fwy 6.Continue on Princes Hwy 7.Slight left at Bell Pde 8.Turn leftto stay on Bell Pde 9.Bell Pde turns slightly right and becomes The Esplanade 10.Slight leftat Western BchTurn right at Moorabool StThese directions are from Google Maps.. coming from geelong, travelling to Melbourne oftenly, I agree with these directions.. however depending on where abouts you are headed in Geelong.. i would recommend the Geelong Ring Road which is an easy way to avoid the many traffic lights in geelongs central area.. it circles the western suburbs and I find it easy to get to suburbs like Newtown via the ring road. It can be located off the Princes Highway near Corio.
St John of God Hospital Geelong was created in 1974.
Geelong and St Kilda have never played off in a Grand Final
1. Melbourne 2. Geelong 3. Carlton 4. ST Kilda 5. Fitzroy ( now the Brisbane Lions ) 6. Collingwood 7. Sth Melbourne ( now the Sydney swans ) 8. Essendon
The Victorian Football League commenced as a formal entity in 1896 with the following 8 clubs: Geelong, Essendon, Collingwood, Carlton, St. Kilda, Fitzroy (now the Brisbane Lions), Melbourne and South Melbourne (now the Sydney Swans). In 1897, the competition began in earnest with Essendon being the Champions. In 1990, the competition was nationalized to form the AFL, with the following line up of teams at the time: Geelong, Essendon, Collingwood, Carlton, St. Kilda, Brisbane Bears, Melbourne, North Melbourne, Sydney Swans, Footscray, Hawthorn, Richmond and West Coast Eagles. There have now been many more interstate teams added since that time.
Essendon,Carlton,brisbane,hawthorn,geelong,sydney,collingwood,melbourne,west coast,st kilda, western bulldogs,adelaide, port adelaide,fremantle,kangaroos
As of 2010, the AFL teams, in alphabetical order are: Adelaide, Brisbane, Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fremantle, Geelong, Hawthorn, Melbourne, North Melbourne, Port Adelaide, Richmond, St. Kilda, Sydney, West Coast Eagles, and Western Bulldogs
St Kilda last played in the September 2009 Grand Final against Geelong - which Geelong won.
The first round of the VFL (renamed AFL in 1990) was in 1897. The games were all played on Saturday May 8th. The teams the played were Fiztroy v Carlton, Collingwood v St Kilda, Geelong v Essendon, South Melbourne v Melbourne.
Melbourne. It has been ever since the 1956 Olympic Games. The best AFL team(s) in recent years (Geelong, St Kilda, Hawthorn, Western Bulldogs) The best NRL team (Melbourne Storm) The best A-League soccer team (Melbourne Victory) The best state cricket team (Victoria Bushrangers) The best Netball Team (Melbourne Vixens) You cannot argue!