President Bush is in Sydney this week for the APEC conference, which will be attended by 21 world leaders including the Chinese and Russians. But Bush has the biggest motorcade (21 cars), and some people are making a sport of trying to spot him. A large part of the central city has been fenced off for "security" reasons, and traffic disruptions are everywhere. We even get a public holiday tomorrow, especially just for this occasion. Yesterday the Bush motorcade (including Limo 1), went a whole 100 metres up the street. But even the President thought it was over the top, and when the meeting was over he walked back. Today there are motorcade movements by the hundreds today, and police and snipers everywhere. Anyone who gets near gets searched. I never knew we had so many police in this city. Luckily I work in a regional centre so am not affected. Already 2 security breaches have occurred, the first was a TV comedy crew who hired a few black vehicles and pretended to be the delegation from Canada. They got outside the hotel where Bush is staying before being detected. They were all arrested including the drivers of the limos. The second incident was minor, two staffers that work for the Opposition Leader were given passes that were marked "police" which would have allowed them access anywhere. Luckily the passes were cancelled before they were used. Tomorrow and the weekend will be the most hectic time yet. Although I do not care for the conference, it will be interesting to see what else happens.