Lounge Ruminator

44. Sydney 2000 Olympic Nostalgia with Special Guest Natasha Kandilas Feld

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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.

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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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