HE SCORED a diplomatic triumph, but the Indonesian President and his entourage could have found themselves the unwitting stars of Border Patrol after failing to comply with Australian customs procedures.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono this week delivered a star turn - a memorable speech - at a historic joint sitting of Federal Parliament.

Yummy...the Rudds were given coffee beans which had passed through this creature, the luwak.

Returning the courtesy, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd presented the President, a karaoke crooner, with a hand-crafted Maton guitar.

As is the custom on these occasions, bounty from Jakarta had arrived for Mr Rudd and his wife. As veteran Canberra political correspondent Laurie Oakes recorded the transaction for his television viewers on Wednesday evening, deadpan: ''The President and his first lady gave Mr Rudd and Therese Rein some rare luwak coffee. It's made from beans that have passed through the digestive system of a monkey-like creature called a civet cat. A new treat at the Lodge: crapuccino!''