National Tally Room in Canberra

I went. It was the first time I’d been to the tally room. Was a great experience to be there as government was changing hands before our eyes.

Was also mildly amusing seeing Kerry O’Brien and Antony Green getting rather agitated. Although, I can understand why they were.

though the VTR you can see information down to polling station level.
IE: Karabar and surrounds say “Go Libs!”, but the towns of Narooma, Eden and others all say Labor, even though they make up segments of Eden-Monaro.

I posted this under previous thread on whether the Tally Room would be open, but advice still relevant.

“There’s usually a line up of people trying to get into the public viewing gallery at the Tally Room at EPIC so get there early.
Expect tight security (there was last time post 9/11). Also consider taking in water as it gets hot with all the TV lights in a warehouse during the Canberra summer. But its worth the line up just to see the Chaser boys harrasing the politicans on the media comment panels.”

Its also worth packing a mini radio and headphones so you know where the election results are up to. You can’t hear whats happening on the TV panels (the sets are too far away from public area). Have fun.

Jazz, your AEC links are buggered.

Oh goody, I soooo want to go there (either physically or virtually) instead of just finding out through the idiot box who will be my representative after they finish counting and re-counting.