Australians make Paralympic Village uniquely their own

August 27, 2012

London, England &mdash;

By yesterday, with only a few days left before the start of the 2012 Summer Paralympics, the Australian team had made themselves at home inside the Paralympic Village with uniquely Australian symbols including the and. Beyond the Australians, other nations were busy in the village including people from Turkey, Russia, and the Ukraine.

The Paralympic Village was open to the press corps yesterday in one last opportunity for journalists to view it without being rights holders or being accompanied by National Paralympic Committee personnel.