During the course of The Ice Dream's broadcast, a number of suggestions were presented by the hosts to the audience in order to make the holding of the Winter Games possible at Smiggin. For example, in order to provide a tall enough mountain for skiing events, Roy and HG proposed that either Mount Kosciuszko be raised 300 metres (from its current height of 2,228 metres), or that a new mountain be built in Smiggin itself, which would be named Mount Steggall, after Australian Nagano slalom bronze medalist Zali Steggall. "We've just got to get the nation to dump all its rubbish on top of Kosciuszko, compact it a bit and voila, Mount Steggall."
In addition, the duo suggested that the caravan park could be used as the athletes' village, and local portable toilet business Dougie Does Dunnies promised the cleanest Olympic Games ever as far as toilets were concerned. The CoomaKFC would provide catering for the event. The duo also suggested that the Biathlon would "have live targets, something that will make a noise when it's hit". Roy also said that "we can have a kangaroo cull. God we're going to have fun."
Mottos for the Smiggin Holes 2010 bid included "Unleash the Mighty Mongrel of the Holes", "Winter Wonder Down Under" and "If you've got the poles, we've got the holes." Appearing on The Ice Dream, International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge described the bid film as "very impressive".
Smiggin Holes 2014 bidedit
After the disappointment of being pushed out by Vancouver for 2010, HG Nelson stated in a June 2009 podcast that "I think 2014 is not beyond us, and we're still marking it under the slogan, 'If you've got the poles, we've got the holes.'" Sochi has since hosted the 2014 Winter Games.
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^Bower, Amanda (25 February 2002). . Time. Time Inc. Archived from the original on February 26, 2002. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
External linksedit
"Unleash the Mighty Mongrel" by Sean Peter, The Official Anthem of the 2010 Bid
The Life with Roy & HG - Podcast 65
January 01, 1970
smiggin, holes, 2010, winter, olympic, this, article, includes, list, general, references, lacks, sufficient, corresponding, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, february, 2010, learn, when, remove, th. This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations February 2010 Learn how and when to remove this message The Smiggin Holes 2010 Winter Olympic bid was a joke campaign initiated by Australian comedians Roy and HG to bring the 2010 Winter Olympics to the tiny and little known village of Smiggin Holes part of the Perisher Blue ski resort in New South Wales Australia The bid was first proposed on the television show The Ice Dream which aired as part of the Seven Network s coverage of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City 1 Contents 1 Overview 2 Smiggin Holes 2014 bid 3 References 4 External linksOverview editDuring the course of The Ice Dream s broadcast a number of suggestions were presented by the hosts to the audience in order to make the holding of the Winter Games possible at Smiggin For example in order to provide a tall enough mountain for skiing events Roy and HG proposed that either Mount Kosciuszko be raised 300 metres from its current height of 2 228 metres or that a new mountain be built in Smiggin itself which would be named Mount Steggall after Australian Nagano slalom bronze medalist Zali Steggall We ve just got to get the nation to dump all its rubbish on top of Kosciuszko compact it a bit and voila Mount Steggall In addition the duo suggested that the caravan park could be used as the athletes village and local portable toilet business Dougie Does Dunnies promised the cleanest Olympic Games ever as far as toilets were concerned The Cooma KFC would provide catering for the event The duo also suggested that the Biathlon would have live targets something that will make a noise when it s hit Roy also said that we can have a kangaroo cull God we re going to have fun Mottos for the Smiggin Holes 2010 bid included Unleash the Mighty Mongrel of the Holes Winter Wonder Down Under and If you ve got the poles we ve got the holes Appearing on The Ice Dream International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge described the bid film as very impressive Smiggin Holes 2014 bid editAfter the disappointment of being pushed out by Vancouver for 2010 HG Nelson stated in a June 2009 podcast that I think 2014 is not beyond us and we re still marking it under the slogan If you ve got the poles we ve got the holes Sochi has since hosted the 2014 Winter Games References edit Bower Amanda 25 February 2002 Olympics 2010 On to Smiggin Holes Time Time Inc Archived from the original on February 26 2002 Retrieved 10 May 2015 External links editOlympics 2010 On to Smiggin Holes TIME com Unleash the Mighty Mongrel by Sean Peter The Official Anthem of the 2010 Bid The Life with Roy amp HG Podcast 65 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Smiggin Holes 2010 Winter Olympic bid amp oldid 1034728366, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
