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The original was posted on /r/australia by /u/misshoneyanal on 2025-10-08 10:53:32+00:00.

I was telling my youngest how I remembered the day they announced that Sydney was to host the 2000 olympics. We were so excited, the atmosphere on the school bus home that day was electric, us kids all yelling ‘and the winner is…syden-NY!!!’ Fast forward to the olympic torch relay. Nearly our whole small country town turned out lining the main street. By that time Id had my 1st child & I was there with my baby, waving our flag. We were all so excited quite a few of us then jumped in our cars & drove to the next town to cheer the torch all over again at the next town. Then I took my eldest to the games themselves, I stood there singing our national anthem when we won gold, bursting with pride in my country & its ppl.

Then it occured to me, Australia has changed so much if we were to host the games again there wouldnt be the same excitment, pride & enthusiasm. These days ppl would be enraged at the waste of money during a cost of living crisis. How many ppl would even have spare money to buy tickets to go? With everyone so tired & maxed out, who would care about the torch relay? Even our love of sports isnt what it used to be, my youngest wouldnt be able to even tell you who our Aussie champions are, sport is just not celebrated the way it used to be