Wales won three athletics medals at the 2006 Commonwealths in Melbourne and four at the 2002 Games in Manchester.

BBC: Welsh athletics given Commonwealth Games target

Thomas is now targeting a place in the Wales squad for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia.

BBC: Geraint Thomas (courtesy of Britishcycling.org.uk)

He retired in January 2004 but returned to help England win the bronze medal in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

BBC: John Amaechi

The 2006 Commonwealth Games swimming championships in Melbourne caused great excitement in our school when former pupil David Carry won gold medals in the 400m freestyle and individual medley events.

BBC: 'Smiley Miley' sets her sights on another gold medal

The Human Variome Project (HVP) is an international consortium of clinicians and researchers which was founded in 2006 at the Genomic Disorders Research Centre in Melbourne, Australia.

UNESCO: Indigenous Peoples

As it prepares to host the Commonwealth Games in 2006, the biggest event in its history, Melbourne is preparing to re-market itself as Australia's most progressive metropolis.

ECONOMIST: Dirty deeds in Australia's most respectable city