Thur 31 July - I have to say at the outset - I am a sucker for big events in Sydney. I breathlessly remember the buzz on the streets during the Olympics with big screen TVs charting the progress of aspiring Aussies, the festival feel to the usual bars in the city and the pride of our volunteers who showed the world that there was a deep human spirit to our city well beyond the beautiful harbour. I was also fan of APEC as despite the military fences, there is a deep sense of pride when the world’s cameras turn to “your city” as they did when most of the world leaders hit our shores. It is almost as if we are saying to the world have a look, can you believe it … this is our home and we cannot believe how lucky we are ourselves. So it will come as no surprise that I was also a fan of World Youth Day or even the whole week!!