Our volunteer teams are starting to get some good systems in place to manage the flow of officials and those with mobility needs. I have had some fun driving the EVs around and meeting different groups including our Australian officials and some friendly Kiwis. We had rain yesterday and today so the Champs de Mars turned into a bit of a mud pit!

The food being served for both visitors and volunteers has been heavily based on vegetarian meals. This is part of Paris’ push for sustainability. I think it has been delicious!

I was lucky enough to get to see our Australian Steelers third game today. Another win after beating France last night and we await a place in the finals, which depends on other

matches tonight.

It was another great ambiance in the stadium!

It was a pretty tight game and it was great to see the tactics being used. I didn’t fully understand it all but clearly our team were using tactics to our advantage. When you have the ball, you have 10 seconds to pass or dribble. When your team has the ball, you have 40 seconds to score. Plus there were some fouls and then the player had to sit out. Our very strong players, Ryley Batt and Chris Bond, really dominate physically and control the game. They would often almost score and then tease the opposition and run down time on the clock.

The players actually fall over reasonably often in the chairs due the violent clashes. Like other sports, floor cleaners are required. 😁

We were allowed to go down onto the court for a team photo at the end of our shift.

I decided to ride a bike back home rather than the metro as it was a nice afternoon. There are so many bike lanes in Paris now and it was really easy to rid from the Champs de Mars to the 11th. There were a lot of other cyclists and people out and about.

I used the Uber app to take a Lime bike and it was really easy. It did cost 13€ though, which is a bit more than my free metro card 🤔.