Is the Fitzroy River a suitable venue for the Brisbane Olympics, given it’s home to crocodiles?
By Richard Baka, Honorary Professor, School of Kinesiology, Western University, London, Canada; Adjunct Fellow, Olympic Scholar and Co-Director of the Olympic and Paralympic Research Centre, Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, H. Björn Galjaardt, PhD Researcher, The University of Queensland, Tracy Taylor, ADVC Research College of Business and Law, RMIT University••The Conversation Africa
It sounds crazy – hosting Olympic rowing and canoeing on a river home to crocodiles. Yet that’s what is likely to happen in Brisbane in 2032.
Quite a few crocodile tears have been shed on the issue of the rowing and canoeing venue of the 2032 Brisbane Olympics and Paralympics. The reason for the controversy is the proposed venue – Rockham…