Here are some images of where the Baton has been around Australia for the last 50 days.
Various people from Sports stars and legends, TV and Movie personalities, to Notable townfolk, Australians came together to participate in this extra-ordinary event.
Images: prpix.com.au
Those in the images are: [beginning from top left]
Champion jockey, Darren Beadman, aboard Stoway at Royal Randwick.
Peter Roberts at the breathe-taking Twelve Apostles on the Great Ocean Road.
Sir Jack Brabham takes the Queen’s Baton around the Albert Park Grand Prix track in a 1956 Formula 1 car.
Troy Corser at the Phillip Island Grand Prix track.
Prime Minister John Howard with Australia’s Carly Rodger and Sophie Healey from New Zealand at the launch of the Queen’s Baton at Sydney airport.
Sonny Secombe holds the Baton during a smoking ceremony at Brambuk Aboriginal Cultural Centre at Halls Gap.
Marathon swimmer, Susie Maroney OAM and former Commonwealth and Olympic decathlete, Peter Hadfield, in front of the Sydney Opera House.
Kyle Van Der-Kuyp carries the baton through Nunawading.
Gary Oldham on a giant seat in Broken Hill.
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