The Queen and the President

Australia has hosted both the Queen and the President of the USA within the last 3 weeks which is kind of exciting I guess. The Queen even came to my neglected little state as part of CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting which includes 54 other countries most of whom stemmed from the British Empire including Canada, India, South Africa).

To be fair most Americans wouldn't know what to do with it either

I almost went to the big, public aussie barbeque that was held for the Queen on our foreshore on her last day in the country, but I went shopping in the city instead. If I actually think about it, I guess I would vote for Australia to become a republic and have nothing much more to do with the UK, but on the other hand I just thought it would be cool to see the Queen in public. Also the idea of the barbeque was pretty PR savvy. Getting old Prince Phillip to have a go turning some sausages on an outdoor barbeque was interesting.

While the President did not visit my part of the world (with only 27 hours time spent in Australia, who can blame him?), he was the first President to visit the Northern Territory which is the top end of Australia, which is hot and home to a lot of big crocodiles.
Now I will readily agree that my American politics knowledge is pretty minimal. Apart from some memories of Cold War info stuck in my head from an old history lesson, I don't keep up with much - though I probably should. Like most, I was glad when Obama became president if only purely so George Bush was out but after listening to the speech he gave parliament I gotta say that guy has a lot of charisma. How nice it would be to listen to a leader of my own country talk with passion...but then again maybe it's just the accent.

That 'special' relationship