- ...that over 10,000 athletes representing 199 nations participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics (celebrations pictured), which were held in Sydney?
- ...that the Australian town of Bundarra is home to a breeding colony of endangered Regent Honeyeaters, containing around thirty of the less than 1,500 birds remaining in existence?
- ...that the company that produces the popular gelatin dessert, Aeroplane Jelly, started production in 1927 in Sydney?
- ...that the music festival Big Day Out was first held in Sydney in 1992?