Sydney Olympic Park holds many layered histories beyond the 2000 Games. This course explores the site’s transformation from industry and estates to Olympic spectacle, uncovering stories of land use, power and change that shaped one of Sydney’s most complex places.

This walk will go ahead whatever the weather, except where the guide deems there to be a threat to health and safety. In this situation you will be contacted with an alternative date. Please ensure your mobile phone number is up-to-date with WEA before enrolling and ensure that you have it with you on the day in case the tutor needs to contact you.

DELIVERY MODE

• Face-to-Face

COURSE OUTLINE

Meet on the stadium side of Olympic Park station 10 minutes before the tour starts at 10am.
Extensive walking but for all levels.
Few opportunities for toilets, sitting, or bubblers.

• Olympic Memories
• Cathy Freeman Park
• Showground
• Brickpit Ring
• Wentworth Commons
• Bennelong Parkway
• Treillage
• Lake Belvedere
• Abattoir

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Identify and find buildings and memorials around Olympic Park and what they signify.
2. Describe events that happened in and around this land in the past.