To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, Natasha and I reflect on the opening ceremony and how the event was hyped during our respective childhoods.
Thank you for your patience with some echo in this episode, due to a fun technical issue. Enjoy it!
Notes
- 2000 Summer Olympics (Sydney)
- FREEMAN on ABC iView
- Nikki Webster
- Strawberry Kisses (song by Nikki Webster)
- 1956 Summer Olympics (Melbourne)
- 2004 Summer Olympics (Athens)
- My Number One (song by Helena Paparizou from Eurovision Song Contest 2005)
- Sydney Olympic Torch
- Sydney 2000 Olympic Torch Relay through the Illawarra
- 2000 Opening Ceremony – Full Length
- Stadium Australia
- Sydney Olympic Park
- The Dreaming
- 2000 Walk for Reconciliation across Sydney Harbour Bridge
- John Howard (Former Prime Minister of Australia)
- John Stanton (actor and voiceover artist)
- Forty Winks TV advertisements
- Grim Reaper AIDS advertisement
- Article on Southern Stars in Wollongong
- Sydney Schools Spectacular
- 1936 Opening Ceremony
- Dare to Dream (song by John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John)
- Betty Cuthbert (Australian athlete and Olympic champion)
- Dawn Fraser (Australian athlete and Olympic champion)
- Shane Gould (Australian athlete and Olympic champion)
- Cathy Freeman (Australian athlete and Olympic champion)
- 2000 Summer Olympics Cauldron
- Darling Harbour, Sydney
- Sega World Sydney
- Sydney Monorail
- Streets and the Paddlepop Lion
- Sydney 2000 mascots
- Martin’s Olympic souvenir socks
- The Dream with Roy and HG
- Smiggin Holes 2010 Winter Olympic bid
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