The two-day Sydney leg of the Queen’s Baton relay will make a stopover at the site of the 2000 Olympic Games on its journey to the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.
The relay resumes on Sunday in Penrith before travelling to Jamieson Park in Sydney’s north, Sydney Olympic Park and ending in La Perouse in the city’s south.
Two of the baton-bearers on Sunday include young Sydneysider and hammer-throwing champ Alexandra Hulley and champion paralympic wheelchair racer Louise Savage.
On Saturday a slew of high-profile Aussie sporting stars, including swimming champions Leisel Jones and Ian Thorpe as well as cricketer Glenn McGrath, carried the baton through the heart of the city.
After leaving Buckingham Palace last May, the baton has spent 288 days travelling through the other 69 Commonwealth countries and territories as part of its 230,000lm journey.
It arrived in Australia from New Zealand on Christmas Eve and has been on show at iconic landmarks before the relay resumed in Canberra on January 25.
Prince Charles will remove the Queen’s message from the baton and read it at the opening ceremony on April 4, to mark the beginning of the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
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