What Do You Remember About Sydney 2000?
Australia's last home Games opened on 15 September 2000. Most of the people planning a Brisbane 2032 trip either went, watched every night, or were told about it by someone who did. We're collecting those memories: where you were for Cathy Freeman's 400 metres, what the trains were like, what a ticket cost, what you kept. Written stories, photos, tickets, programmes, a minute of phone video of you telling it. Each one is published with your name, or without it if you prefer, in a series that runs through 2027, and the collection becomes a public record of what a home Games felt like from the stands. Join the list below and we'll send you the three questions and the address to reply to.
What are we asking for?
Three questions, answered any way you like. Where were you on the night that mattered most to you? What did it cost and how did you get there? What did you keep? Photos of tickets, programmes, pins and the family in the stands are the best of it.
Long or short is fine. A paragraph in an email counts. So does a photo of a ticket stub with one line about the day.
Tell us your Sydney 2000 story
We'll email you the three questions and where to send photos. Published with your name, or without, your choice.
Free. No spam, leave whenever. You keep copyright in everything you send.What happens to it?
Selected stories are published on bris-2032.com and in the newsletter, credited as you choose, from early 2027. The full set stays in a public archive on this site. Photos are published under the same non-exclusive licence as our Games Watchers programme: you keep copyright, we get permission to publish with credit, and you can withdraw future use any time.
Why Sydney, for a Brisbane site?
Because it's the only Australian evidence of what 2032 will be like for a family in the stands. Sydney sold about 6.7 million tickets, the most of any Games at the time. Those people are the parents and grandparents of the people planning Brisbane, and their memory of cost, transport and atmosphere is the most useful guide anyone has.
Please don't send
Broadcast footage you recorded off the television, newspaper scans, or photos you didn't take. Copyright in those belongs to someone else and we can't publish them. Your own photos, your own words, and your own tickets are exactly right.
Frequently asked questions
Do I have to use my name?
No. Say so in your email and the story runs without it. The choice is yours for each story.
Can I send photos?
Yes, if you took them or they're of you and your family and you own them. We can't publish broadcast footage or newspaper images.
Who owns my story once I send it?
You do. You give BRIS2032 permission to publish it with a credit, on a non-exclusive basis, and you can withdraw future use at any time.
When will stories be published?
The series starts in early 2027 and runs through the year. We'll email you when yours goes live.
Is there payment?
No. This is a public archive built by readers. The credit and the record are the point.
Was the Sydney 2000 ticket figure really 6.7 million?
Yes, roughly. Sydney 2000 sold about 6.7 million tickets, the highest total of any Games at that time.
BRIS2032 is independent coverage of the Brisbane 2032 Games. It is not affiliated with the International Olympic Committee, the Australian Olympic Committee, Paralympics Australia, the Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee or any government body. Nothing on this page is an official programme.
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