TEAM: Olympic gold medal cyclist Anna Meares has told how wonderful it is to be surrounded by a home crowd after racing in front of British supporters who were almost as loud as a jet plane.

Representatives from the Australian Olympic team were in Melbourne on Wednesday for a welcome home event.

Meares said there were about 6000 people in the London velodrome, and about 5900 were supporting arch rival Victoria Pendleton.

The noise of the crowd in the velodrome was measured at 114 decibels, Meares said.

"A jet plane is 120 decibels."

Meares and fellow golden girl Sally Pearson laughed over which of them was the other's good luck charm.

Meares and Pearson won gold on the same night in London four years after they both collected silver in Beijing.

"I think she's a bit of my good luck ju-ju," Meares said of Pearson.

"I don't think I'm your lucky charm because you always win first," Pearson retorted.

Silver-medal rower Drew Ginn also spoke to fans who turned out to catch a glimpse of their favourite athlete.

When asked if he would consider competing in Rio, which would be his fifth Olympic Games, he joked he could always go as a spectator.

Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu accepted a T-shirt signed by the Olympic athletes from Ginn, who he said has cemented his position as one of Australia's greatest athletes.

Mr Baillieu dubbed the throngs of Australian Olympic supporters the awesome five million-some, cheering and barracking for the athletes from under doonas in the early hours of the morning.

AAP