Gunnedah, Olympic Games 2000: memories stir on 20-year anniversary of opening ceremony

By Vanessa Hohnke
Updated September 17 2020 - 5:34pm, first published September 15 2020 - 5:30am
Gunnedah's Steve Wicks says whipcracking is a key part of Australia's pioneering history and it was "a great honour" to represent both his town and his country in the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games. Photo: Peter Hardin
Gunnedah's Steve Wicks says whipcracking is a key part of Australia's pioneering history and it was "a great honour" to represent both his town and his country in the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games. Photo: Peter Hardin

Singers, musicians, whipcrackers, photographers and horse riders were just some of the locals who practised in secret for the opening of the Sydney Olympic Games 20 years ago.

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