Kirsten seeks financial advice and finds out all about the new gold (rare earth, apparently) and sees some compelling photos of a pig cured of cancer. Did she buy in? Uh, no.
Our guests in the studio have a somewhat more realistic story to tell. Lisa Dowsett, Operations Director of Sydney’s City-to-Surf, talks us through the complexities of organising the country’s largest community sports event. On Sunday August 8th, some 80,000 people – young and old, sick and well, charity fundraisers and competitive runners – will take off from central Sydney for the 14 kilometer run to Bondi Beach.
The event doesn’t make money for its owner, Fairfax, but it does embed its newspaper products deeply into the Sydney community. Logistics are like a military operation, with some 100 buses and trains, police and volunteers, massive sponsorship and commercial interaction, television broadcast, clothing transport and water stands… Lisa gives us unique insight into the annual organisational cycle that is this iconic Sydney event.
Joining Lisa in the studio is Daryl Adair, Associate Professor of Sports Management at UTS Sports, Leisure and Tourism. He adds the broader perspective, bemoaning the drop off in grassroots community sport. Most people experience sport on the couch… Australians are great sports watchers, but are participating less and less in actual physical activity.