A sports-mad Rotorua father and son got up close with some of the world's most recognisable and highly paid sportsmen.
Craig Elliott and his son Regan, 11, are in Melbourne on a four-day sports trip where they will watch football superstars Real Madrid play Roma for the International Champions Cup.
Mr Elliott said the duo soon realised their accommodation was a stone's throw from where the Real Madrid team were staying.
"We have flown over there for the game and the Real Madrid hotel is only about 200m from where we are staying. We were early for check in so I said to Regan we can go have a look at the hotel.
"Regan peered through the window and got a photo of Gareth Bale and about an hour or so later they came on their team bus and Regan took a video and got some cool photos. It's his dream."