You've heard of shuttle diplomacy, but Batemans Bay's Adrian Saker is all for motorcycle democracy - rushing to cast his vote with a minute to spare.
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Mr Saker had spent the day mowing lawns and arrived home ready to relax - only to be sprung by his son.
"He said, 'Dad, have you voted?'
Given Mr Saker had spent the week hassling everyone he knew to be sure to vote, he had little choice but to jump on his green Kawasaki and power down to Batemans Bay High School, arriving with a minute to spare.
"It would have been very embarassing," Mr Saker said.
"I vote because I enjoy the democracy we have in Australia.
"We have that because we can vote and we can choose who governs the country.
"We are very lucky.
"I relish election days and enjoy coming down to cast my vote."
Mr Saker however, wasn't the last to cast his vote at Bay High.
Chris Briggs, Long Beach, was about 30 seconds behind him.
Another fan of democracy, Mr Briggs voted, "because I can".
The men left, the doors swung shut and officials began preparing for an evening of counting, watched by scrutineers John Haslem and Greg Lawrence, for the Liberal Party and Joyleen Kitto, for the ALP.
Both Mr Haslem and Ms Kitto agreed scrutineering was essential.
It is very unusual that you find any of the professional staff make a mistake at all," Mr Haslem said.
"They are very good, they are well trained.
"We are here, firstly, to make sure everything is ok and, secondly, to report the results back to our party."
"Quickly!" agreed Ms Kitto, in relation to getting the count back to party headquarters.