Covid Virus Blog 2

Today was another beautiful autumn day with temps starting at about 10 degrees and warming up to about 20 degrees 

I woke to turn on the news on the tv to hear that the number of cases in Australia are increasing at a slower rate but in the USA and Spain the situation seems out of control 

Seems that the US is headed towards a real catastrophe which I am hopeful does not eventuate here

I decided it was a great morning for a ride and decided to to the ride around the city on the capital city trail.... within 5 kms I managed to catch up with a fellow Wheeliebinner Ellio who was riding as well and had stopped to have a teleconference on the side of the bike path with his fellow workers.... strange how the world has adapted to these new circumstances. We observed the social distancing rules and parted ways

My ride along the Koonung and capital city trail was good with very little pedestrian traffic. On reaching the city I stopped at Southbank for a take away coffee to find most of the coffee shops closed... sharp contrast to a few days ago when most were open serving coffee and muffins in takeaway mode

Sitting on the banks of the Yarra I had a chat with a security guard who was waving persons on who were not observing the signs about social distancing

After coffee it was back along the main Yarra trail to the Gardiners Creek trail..... this was extremely slow as the traffic of families out for exercise were everywhere and I needed to be careful. Most were courteous but as per normal there’s the few idiots who fail to slow down for heavy traffic 

In future I think I will be taking roads as they seem to have lighter traffic 

Near home I caught up with an Alkira board member,Ron Walker who was out collecting his bins... we had a good chat  about the strange world we are living in but both agreed we need to move forward positively 

Arriving home I quickly showered and changed in to meet my financial advisor who gave me the news about my super which has fallen with the sharemarkets.... the good news is that I am ok and will survive .... I hope!!!!

At least at the time of writing this blog neither I or any of our family have COVID virus!

After the meeting it was off to the bakery to pick up lunch and a special bun for Cooper and Mykala for their lunch. Both the grandchildren were happily playing in the garden when I arrived home??

I packed up to travel to Rye to do the normal maintenance on the property. The trip down to Rye was about an hour and 15 minutes with light traffic..... seems mostly tradies are out and about with very little other traffic.... I considered myself a tradie with the lawn mower pocking out the back of the Ute tray!

Arriving at Rye it was very quiet with the beaches closed and shops empty... I managed to do the supermarket shop to get food for the next few days... amazing the bogans who attend the supermarket with bare feet and tattoos!!!

Tonight was a quiet bbq with a beer and watching tv... I really struggle with the availability of good programs... it is either bad news on Covid or terrible reality tv!!!!

The thing I I missing most is seeing the rest of the family!!!

Now for a few photos....

Ellio on his conference call

Great sign on the bike path

“A smile can carry 1.5 metres “

The Southbank food court.... empty!!!