Canberra Bureaucrats Begin Emerging From Underground Bunkers Now That Supernats Crowd Has Left

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With the final brooms returned to their closets after a hard fought cleanup, Canberra’s bureaucratic class are seeing the sun for the first time in weeks, emerging from the underground bunkers where they hid from an intimidating Summernats crowd.

Summernats, an annual car festival in Canberra where tens of thousands of rev-heads descend to do burnouts, drink heavily and briefly turn the nation’s capital into a scene from mad max, has long intimidated Canberra's more permanent population of government bureaucrats. 

“It’s always the same” said CSIRO worker Stephen McMahon (43), squinting at natural light for the first time since early January. 

“One minute you’re walking to work discussing a new roundabout, the next minute you're being rushed to your local Summernats emergency bunker before the first arrivals get here.

For the past week, much of the public service world retreated to a vast network of under ground corridors beneath the nations capital.

“I heard they were doing burnouts at Civic!!” said one senior official, adjusting his tie nervously. 

“Another rumour said someone installed a mechanical bull just outside the war memorial”

As the final utes and commodores were finally herded out of the city, Canberra began its slow return to normalcy, with public servants cautiously emerging.

Authorities confirmed the city is now safe, with noise levels returning to a mild Canberra fashion and the streets once again dominated by people wearing lanyards and carrying keep-cups.