But the guys at the airport could not have been more welcoming. "Olympic family? This way, sir" and we are whisked through in a matter of minutes. Miranda, the delightful Sydney suburb where I was based for the duration of my stay, is an hour's bus ride to the Olympic Park. Special Olympic buses are running round the clock and the transport system turns out to be one of the biggest successes of a hugely successful Olympics. The locals though had been panicking for years, convinced the whole thing would collapse. Aussies are apparently the world's greatest worriers. They need not have bothered. Sydney put on a fantastic party for the world.