The beach for most Australians is not just a place to cool off on a hot day, it is a place for the tentative dips of the toes in the shallows of early childhood and a place where teenage rites of passage played out.
Conditions are certainly perfect for the two teams, it's been acool but sunny day in Indianapolis, a city best-known for its proud tradition of motor sport and host of the world famous Indy 500.