Surf boats which represented each of the past 18 host cities were on the Yarra River as were flags of the participating countries.

[citation needed] The Indigenous segment of the opening ceremony was called My Skin, My Life, and was directed by Wesley Enoch.

[5] A CD was produced of the music of the ceremony, which included a song from the Indigenous segment with lyrics by Joy Murphy Wandin and sung by David Page.

The Commonwealth Games Federation flag was then brought into the stadium by eight Young Australian of the Year recipients.

[11] Australian singer Delta Goodrem sang Together We Are One, the theme song for the 2006 games while many fireworks were ignited, within the stadium, on the backs on roller-bladers circling the singer, and fireworks were also ignited on the banks of the Yarra, as well as the floating pontoons, and Melbourne's larger skyscrapers.

[6] In a break of tradition the teams entered the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the opening ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games by regions, instead of by alphabetical order.

Cyprus | Gibraltar | Guernsey | Isle of Man | Jersey | Malta | Northern Ireland | Scotland | Wales Then followed the African countries.