As you can imagine security was at its tightest, so getting even within viewing distance was tough. Managed to spot him and his enourmous entourage rolling down from the National War Memorial back to Parliament house this morning. Amazing to just see him through the window of his blacked out tank of a car they call the 'beast'. Think its about 3 or 4 tonnes of bullet proof steel and glass with god knows what 'James Bond' like gadgets inside. They say he has about 8 or 9 secret service agents with him wherever he goes that you can see. About 10 times that in the back ground, organising his every move swiftly, safely and securely. Every road in a few km zone was blocked off, and the sky becomes a no-fly zone, although the air was alive with airforce fighter jets protecting from above. You could sense an immense tension in the air with the many police, national guards and soldiers standing at attention for those 30 or so seconds it took him to drive past. Just an incredible effort goes in to protect the President, quite an eye opening experience.
We also went out to the airport and spotted the most well known jumbo jet in the world, Air Force One, parked in the distance of the RAAF base.
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