We do have lots of heroes, proper ridgey didge heroes though.
We just don't look up to them as we should. They're generally only as far away as your local meals on wheels, hospital auxiliary, SES, CFS, Scouts, BFB, blood donors and a hundred other volunteer organisations that make our communities great. It's a shame we get bombarded with the crap we get shovelled.
It's fabulous to know there's actually tens of thousands of people out there doing great things maybe not quite in the vein of Ben Roberts-Smith but truly great none the less.