All of New South Wales has been in lockdown for a while now and here in regional New South Wales we haven't had many Covid cases until recently.
In our little part of the State we haven't had any cases since the beginning of the pandemic until last week. Until then we were feeling quite safe.
We are only able to travel up to 5 km from home at the moment, but some bright spark from our area drove illegally to Sydney (200 km) last week to one of the hot spots in Western Sydney and brought the virus back with them.
It is a bit worrying because cases are now increasing and quite a lot of our community is made up of retirees.
It was looking as though the restrictions could be eased but now we have cases here, goodness knows how much longer lockdown will carry on for.
Great matching shot and title! Such a pity about about your new cases, all you can do is try and stay home as much as possible to stay safe. Crossing fingers that all will be back to normal soon.
I haven't been able to travel farther than 5 km for months now and just finished isolation to boot as a child at school tested positive....hopefully not too much longer
Very impressive shot to go with what is going on there. There are so many fools running about who think they are above the virus. We haven't taken off our masks (except at home, of course) since the virus hit Malta but many have given up wearing them notwithstanding the advice is to keep them on.
Oh that is pants, shame on that idiot who took the trip! Sending best wishes your way. It is always scary when the numbers climb in your area. Ours had been high in the last month here but have now receded rapidly, which is encouraging. Hope yours is over soon and you and your local friends stay safe.
@dide@beryl@casablanca Unfortunately we have got lots of idiots in our country including our Prime Minister who flew from Canberra to Sydney (both of which are in lockdown) over the weekend to spend time with his family for Fathers Day and then back to Canberra on Tuesday. Everyone else has to make sacrifices during Covid times but that doesn't extend to our PM it would seem. What message does that send to the country.
@sangwann We have to wear masks when away from home too. I will feel quite naked when we no longer have to wear them, ha ha.
@sugarmuser I agree, you have done well so far, hope it stays that way.
Great image to depict the lockdown.
Reading about the person who travelled to Sydney is making me nervous....guess where we HAVE to go next week š³š
@onewing yes doubled vaxed thankfully. My MIL is going into aged care & we have to clear her unit out. We plan to go nowhere besides her unit....taking our own food etc, even thinking to take a couple of jerry cans of diesel in the back of the truck so we dont have to stop for fuel...then we are self isolating upon return for 2 weeks
@leggzy You will be fine. Can't say much about the two people who went to Sydney on here but I heard it was a bit of a dodgy visit and the couple are well known to the police apparently, so not isolating or using QR codes anywhere.
Well, in America, everyone has just simply given up. Some restrictions would be helpful. Heck, MASKS would be helpful! But, no. People are completely done with all that. It seems like Australia is where the US was at in March 2020. Hopefully your country will have better results than ours did. There is just no end to this stupid nightmare.
Love the lock photo for lockdown. We were gradually getting back to normal, but now are covid cases are rising to a point that is worse than in January. Us retirees are all very worried.
@annied A scary time for you.
@dide @beryl @casablanca Unfortunately we have got lots of idiots in our country including our Prime Minister who flew from Canberra to Sydney (both of which are in lockdown) over the weekend to spend time with his family for Fathers Day and then back to Canberra on Tuesday. Everyone else has to make sacrifices during Covid times but that doesn't extend to our PM it would seem. What message does that send to the country.
@sangwann We have to wear masks when away from home too. I will feel quite naked when we no longer have to wear them, ha ha.
@sugarmuser I agree, you have done well so far, hope it stays that way.
Reading about the person who travelled to Sydney is making me nervous....guess where we HAVE to go next week š³š