News As the first Australian athletes settled into their accommodation at the Rio 2016 Olympic Village, their men's hockey team and chef de mission, Kitty Chiller, met with Rio mayor Eduardo Paes in front of their new digs on Wednesday (27 July) Paes presented the Australians with a ceremonial key to the city, while Chiller presented the mayor with a toy kangaroo It was a tongue-in-cheek gesture – Paes had joked that he would organise for a kangeroo in the Australians' apartments after they had postponed their move into the village on its opening day on Sunday as the final prepations were still being made to their accommodation The first Australians moved in on Tuesday evening "I recognised the problems that we found," said Paes "I have come here to make a formal apology I did not make fun of the kangaroo I understand it is a symbol and I have my kangaroo here now," he added with a laugh   Paes poses with his second-favourite Olympic team (Getty Images/Buda Mendes) "I hope that Australia enjoy themselves," the mayor added "My second country at the Olympics will be Australia and with the yellow shirt it's going to be easy " Chiller said they initially though the key was to their apartment block, before realising its wider significance "The Australian Olympic team is now the proud owner of the keys to the city of Rio," she said  "After many months of banter, we finally met the mayor face to face, which was fantastic, a really nice moment " Athletes post their village arrivals on social media She added that they were very happy to be in Brazil and preparing for the Games: "We are very happy to be here in this beautiful country with beautiful people That's something we have noticed – the passion, commitment and willingness to help has been outstanding " Chiller gives Paes a boxing kangaroo, a symbol of Australia (Getty Images/Buda Mendes) The mayor said that Australia would be the only nation to receive a key to the city "Rio is open for them, I hope they win lots of medals," he said Chiller said: "This key represents the Olympic spirit " In total, 249 more athletes moved into the Village on Wednesday, taking the total to 849 The total number of guests, including team officials, has rised to 2,902 At peak times, the village will host more than 17,000 people   The number of athletes in the village is expected to reach 1,129 on Thursday, taking the total number of guests to 3,578, representing 151 nations The key that Paes presented to Australia (Photo: Rio 2016/Ernesto Neves)