As soon as the Gold Coast won the right to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Adam Jarrett wanted to be part of the big event.
That was in 2012 when Adam was studying Building Design and Technology. A few years later, however, Adam was studying a Bachelor of Urban and Environmental Town Planning at Griffith University when the opportunity arose to truly follow his Commonwealth Games dream.
Selected for an internship as part of Griffith’s partnership with the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (GOLDOC), today Adam is Venue Transport Manager for the event next April.
With responsibilities including integrated planning and decision-making, transportation administration, streamlining communications with partners, and making presentations to stakeholders such as City of Gold Coast and Transport and Main Roads, Adam is relishing his busy and vital role.
He believes the Commonwealth Games will be stellar moment in the history of the Gold Coast.
“I went to