The Queen's Baton Relay is one of the great traditions of the Games. It symbolises the gathering of people from across the Commonwealth in the name of diversity, shared history and personal acheivement.

The Melbourne 2006 Queen's Baton Relay began its journey from London to Melbourne on 14 March 2005. In a Commonwealth Games first, it will visit all of the 71 nations as part of a 180,000 kilometre round trip.

There are a number of ways you can be a part of the Queen's Baton Relay.

Here are just a few:

• Track the Baton on an interactive world map
• Check out the celebrations of the Baton's international journey
• See where the Baton is at this very moment on the live web-cam
• Check out where the Baton will travel through in Australia PDF (2.9MB)
• Check out the innovative Victorian designed Baton PDF (200KB)

Once the baton finally arrives in Victoria, it pass through every municipality. Each community will celebrate the Baton in a variety of ways.

The following lucky towns will host an overnight stay of the Baton:

City	Overnight Date
Mildura	February 16
Swan Hill	February 17
Bendigo	February 18
Shepparton	February 18
Healesville	February 20
Benalla	February 21
Wangaratta	February 22
Wodonga	February 23
Traralgon	February 28
Cowes	March 1
Frankston	March 2
Geelong	March 3
Warrnambool	March 4
Hamilton	March 5
Horsham	March 6
Ararat	March 7
Ballarat	March 8
Sunbury	March 9
Nunawading	March 13
Melbourne City	March 14

 

The Federal Government supports the Queen's Baton Relay

View a detailed list of the baton's itinerary in Australia

 

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