APEC in Sydney

This week sees the hosting of the annual APEC Summit in Sydney (Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation), so we've got the leaders of 21 countries here, including George Bush, Putin and the Chinese and Japanese leaders. As a result the city is in a high state of security with a large area around the Opera House cordoned off and barricades closing key streets in the city to enable numerous motorcades to travel through.

Bush arrived early - on Tuesday - and has been the main centre of attention although demonstrations have been quite muted so far. The rest of the leaders are here for the weekend so the city has been given a public holiday today and the girls have the day off school, although the weather's not great at the moment and won't be showing off the city in it's best light.

You wouldn't want to be a tourist here at the moment though, as the centre of the city is like a ghost town, plus there's no access to the Opera House and most of the transport system is disrupted! It should all be back to normal by Monday.