Politics are generally not something I follow too closely, or get myself into a state worrying about. This particular occasion, they directly effected my life (for a week) and so I couldn't help but sit up and take notice of what was going on.
For 7days, Some of the most 'important' world leaders descended upon this fair town to have a chat about the economics of the Asian region, and the rest of the world. Inclusive was a certain George Bush. For the American Premiers arrival and stay, Sydney went into lockdown mode. For the whole week, 8ft metal fences lined a large portion of the central business district and meant buses, cars, taxis and people could not flow down the streets and walkways as usual.
Email virals circulated showing the city rooftops inhabited by snipers, the streets lined with large numbers of police and mobile phone jamming devices wherever Dubya was at the time.So with all this extra activity, I went about my usual days work with not too much interruption. It was kinda cool too, as the journo in me came out; taking my camera to work in the hope that I might capture something dramatic, to then sell my world exclusive scoop to the mass media... alas, nothing really happened and my picture of a bin lined with police tape didn't fetch a dollar.
On the upside, the Friday of APEC week was declared a public holiday, to which employees rejoyced, and employers slapped the foreheads.
Some old friends from my Asian travel days arrived in town on the Saturday, Kathi and Irmela. The boys and I took them down to Coogee for a dinner in the evening before we would head out to the Hunter Valley for some wine tasting... and buying.
A similar trip to the one I went on last year, this time around I actually recall some of the wineries I sampled though :) The sun was in and out all day, so not exactly a hot introduction for the girls first day out in Australia. 
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