Eliza surprises Geraldine with a declaration of love for her new city.

It’s only taken nine months. But Eliza has finally got past the chaos and misery of Beirut to fall for its beauty, charm and fascinating history.

It’s a relationship she was never able to build during her previous posting to Jakarta, Indonesia.

In the final days before the election the women discuss the possibility of a new Labor Government and the legacy of the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd years.

They talk books before Geraldine rushes off to the Opera House to watch Jonathan Biggins being Paul Keating.

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