EMPIRE BUILDING

摘要

Join us for a privileged, behind-the-scenes tour of Australia's oldest diplomatic mission, once described as the nation's tnost important building. IT'S early evening in the middle of a rare summer heatwave. In central London's leafy SW7 district, notfar from Kensington Palace, a fine English garden party is in full swing. Tucked between red-brick Victorian apartment buildings is a charming walled garden, with roses, hydrangeas and neatly clipped lawns. There's a chatty throng in suits and blazers,summer dresses and hats; the sound of laughter, the clink of glasses and the scent of freshly mown grass drift through the air.