Collingwood v Richmond from Australia Post’s corporate box, MCG

Gastrology was fortunate enough to be invited by the lovely folks at Australia Post to experience their corporate box for the Collingwood v Richmond match on Friday 1 April.

We must say, as corporate box rookies, we were mightily impressed by the view, catering, service and importantly, the match was excellent with the Magpies getting up by 1 point in a thrilling match!

Australia Post’s corporate box is located on the Ponsford stand, located perfectly for a great bird’s eye view of an AFL game. The corporate box is quite spacious, with service excellent as we were attended to for drinks, finger food and the buffet dinner (which was served just before the first bounce).

Buffets tend to receive a bad rap, but this was one of the best spreads of food we had for a buffet! We tried all the dishes, with our favourite being the well cooked salmon topped off by a crunchy layer of skin giving it a great texture. Fittingly, a chicken schnitzel was present which was crunchy and greatly seasoned. The buffet dinner was brought together by refreshing sides and salads. Definitely a step up from the meat pies we tend to get at footy games! 

We had a great time meeting the folks at Australia Post and the other attendees and had a wonderfully enjoyable night. Thank you to the team at Australia Post for the invite and I think all patrons left happy (except for the Tiger fans in the room!). 

Written by Simon Ly.