Olympic 400m champion Cathy Freeman and former Socceroo John Aloisi were on hand to woo a delegation of FIFA inspectors as they examined Australia's bid to host the World Cup in 2022.
Freeman relived the experience of winning gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games for the delegates at the scene of the event, Stadium Australia.
As the inspectors examined the stadium on Monday afternoon, Freeman told them that she rode a wave of support from the crowd to get through the final metres on the historic night 10 years ago.
"We have such a strong sporting culture in Australia and the support I got that night was amazing. I could feel them willing me on and I just rode the wave," Freeman said.
"We have a great record in holding major events and if we get a World Cup we would do a great job."
Aloisi relived the night he kicked the final penalty against Uruguay to send the Socceroos to the World Cup for the first time in 32 years.
As he strode in to take the fifth penalty kick in 2005, Aloisi said he was 'in the zone' and all he could hear was a 'murmur' from the fans before he belted the ball into the back of the net.
"Football has come a long way in this country since then and I really think that night was a turning point," Aloisi said.
The FIFA inspection team, in Australia for three days, is led by Chilean Football Federation President Harold Mayne-Nicholls.
Australia is the third stop on FIFA's tour of the nine countries bidding to host the 2022 World Cup.
The visit comes on the back of a difficult time for Australia's bid, which was last week officially cleared by FIFA of wrongdoing amid allegations expensive gifts were provided to some FIFA congress delegates in May 2008 - eight months before official campaigning began.
FIFA decided there were 'no grounds to open a formal case'.
FIFA started investigating last month after The Age newspaper reported some FIFA executive members were given jewellery and offered travel expenses.
Also on the visiting inspection team is FIFA head of event management Jurgen Muller, FIFA marketing representative David Fowler, FIFA competitions representative Julio Avellar and FIFA media officer Wolfgang Eichler.
Following the visit, the delegation will submit a report to assist FIFA's 24 executive members to select a host.
Australia is competing with the USA, Qatar, South Korea and Japan for the 2022 tournament.
Australia dropped out of the race for the 2018 World Cup, which is expected to be awarded to one of four European bids: England, Russia, or the joint bids of Spain-Portugal and Netherlands-Belgium.