Adolf’s eldest daughter renewed her passport the other day. The process was drawn out and boring.

Until she received the document.

There, on page 7 of the information leaflet was a photo of her mother and father, walking in a crowd along the wharf in Barcelona, alongside the Royal Caribbean cruise liner on which they had spent a week wandering from one enchanting Mediterranean place to another. Circa 1999.

I wonder if the Australian foreign affairs people realize they have adorned their little brochure with a mob of Kiwi insurance salesmen on holiday.