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Royal Visit Australia: Day 2 #GC2018 #RoyalVisitAustralia

by - April 05, 2018

Today's a new day for Their Royal Highnesses for their second official day in Aussie  following the opening of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall began their day by meeting with the representative of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queensland’s Head of State The Governor of Queensland  His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC is the 26th Governor of Queensland and Mrs de Jersey and dog Gave at the Governor's official residence.

After which they went on tour of the Commonwealth Games Athletes’ Village accompanied by Australian's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Lucy Turnbull. On this tour was a visit to the Prosthetics Workshop, which hosts a team of experts, incorporating orthotics and prosthetics professions, wheelchair technicians and welders who support these athletes.

The Gold Coast games has the largest integrated para-sports programme of any major sporting event, with up to 300 para athletes competing in 38 medal events across seven sports and The Village is hosts to 6,600 athletes and officials providing them with residential, retail, recreation, dining and medical facilities during the Games.

During their visit, they met with athletes in the Games Room, tested out the table tennis, kit and then attended a Prosthetics workshop to meet technicians and para-athletes.

After they visited Broadbeach on the Gold Coast to meet and greet members of the public and find out more about some of the community projects in the area.

During this visit, The Prince of Wales unveiled a plaque on the Commonwealth Walkway. The 10km walkway is the first of its kind outside the UK & starts at the Southport Chambers & finishes at the City of Gold Coast Council Chambers

They then met with Robina High School students who were being awarded for outstanding contribution to marine conservation with the presentation of surfboards and are involved in the Sport 2 Clean programme, a non-profit organisation that promotes sports, especially aquatic sports, as well as the conservation and sustainable use of oceans. According to the The programme works with four schools in the Gold Coast area, encouraging students to learn how to surf or paddleboard, while also teaching about the environment and how to ensure it remains healthy and sustainable.

The Prince and Duchess later viewed a Nippers (young life savers) demonstration and beach rescue skills from the Surf Life Saving Queensland organisation, which encompasses lifesaving services, community education, membership services, surf sports, fundraising and commercial training.

Later in the evening, Her Royal Highness attended the track cycling events and presented medals for the Men's 1000m Time Trial Para-Sport Tandem and Women's Team Pursuit race events. Her Royal Highness was accompanied by Anna Meares, Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Ambassador and celebrated Australian track cyclist.

The Anna Meares Velodrome is Queensland’s first indoor velodrome and houses an international competition standard 250 metre timber cycling track, with its facilities catering for a range of cyclists and a number of indoor court sports.

For today, Her Royal Highness wore Fiona Clare couture dress all day. During the day, she wore a pink kaftan dress with white trouser, white floral pouch and a white scarf. In the evening a floral dress with a ruffle neckline and her trademark string of pearl

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