Covid Blog 25

24 Apr

As I sit here on Friday 24 April the day before Anzac Day and the day before my 68th birthday, I am truly amazed at the fact that we are still in a lockdown after over a month but the weather and other natural aspects seem remarkably normal... it makes you think that the human race has a lot to answer for in what we are doing and that in some way the virus is the big wake-up call for all of us.

After breakfast it was down to enjoy a coffee at Zimt which was the “heart starter “ I needed to get on with the day.

The morning was occupied on the computer sorting out administrative stuff at home and for Alkira.

I was pleased with the results and then joined a Zoom call on Alkira risk management regarding the response to Covid. I am truly impressed with the effort of the Alkira team who are looking after the risk management of the operations at Alkira at this crucial time.

After the call it was time to take to the bike for the afternoon and enjoy the afternoon of sunshine on this wonderful day in Melbourne. My first stop on the ride was the office of my financial advisor to sign a few documents and to hear my super had made a reasonable recovery in the past 2 weeks...

Based on this I rode to South Melbourne beach and through Docklands to the Capital City bike trail.

On the way to South Melbourne I saw a group of ambulance staff tendering an accident in Hawthorn which seemed to relay to a fall by a worker doing street work on powerlines.All quite tragic given the recent deaths of 4 policemen on the Eastern freeway....

The ride was great and best on the roads rather than bike paths where families were out in force with bikes, dogs and prams walking along the trails enjoying the wonderful weather.

Arriving home at about 5.00 pm it was time to get ready for dinner, light the fire and sort out the arrangements for tomorrow morning when we will turnout at about 6.00 am to acknowledge the servicemen and women who have been involved in many conflicts in our history. This will be done with a local neighbour playing the last post!

Dinner tonight was enjoyable with a good discussion on matters relating to the day.

A good day for me and I look forward to tomorrow

Now for the photos...

A view of South Melbourne beach... the beach is closed!!!