May the sands comfort your feet— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 2, 2020
May the waves sing you a dream
A dream of hope...@DanielAndrewsMP @CathLAndrews
Rest...sleep Melbourne...
We WILL be OK... pic.twitter.com/15c4OCpGAa
Sunday, 2 August 2020
may the sands comfort your feet...
being a teacher and living alone...
Living alone certainly creates extra pressures...meaning, if you are a teacher, you need to spend even more time online, just for some social interaction...I too am a teacher, but live and work in greater metro Melbourne...(Worse still, I'm in the 'older' category)...
— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 2, 2020
incoming waves...
Photo was taken at Gunnamatta - 23rd May 2010...More incoming waves for Victoria... Yes... I know... Let's ride those waves with @DanielAndrewsMP and @CathLAndrews. They're an awesome team... pic.twitter.com/PXZGl6AwgT— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 2, 2020
NOTE: This post gets additions through the day...in order of time...
All I can hear outside is a screaming stream of traffic on the Mornington Peninsula Freeway...
Twitter news is that panic buying has set in at supermarkets - again...
Thank goodness I did my walk yesterday...Huge lines out the front of supermarkets, bottle shops, butchers etc. Can people PLEASE stop panic buying, surely we have all learnt from the first time around. Even if stage 4 happens we can still buy what we need. #Stupidy #COVIDVIC19— Jesse Corigliano (@JesseCorigliano) August 2, 2020
It is sunny, with a prediction of rugged weather for the week, but not going out...
And now Dan's usual midday presser has been pushed back to 1:00pm...
Not looking good...
Here's the cheat sheet for the Dan Andrews presser:— David Milner (@DaveMilbo) August 2, 2020
11am = not terrible
After 12pm = bad
Wearing a suit = real bad news
Sports jacket = moderately bad news
Northface jumper = it's the weekend
Wearing a suit on the weekend after 12pm = shit's fucked
The panic stirring Tweets are having a field day...Just heard that #Stage4 is coming on Wednesday. Supermarkets WILL CLOSE. #Melburnians being directed by Chief Health Officer to forage for berries, lawn mushrooms and certain pigeons identified as good sources of meat, eggs and milk. VCE to move to remote learning. #COVID19Vic— Nick (@NickSugarbaker) August 2, 2020
And now Telstra customers are reporting a cyber attack outage...My lunch, at this stage, is a packet of Allen's Sourz Tangy Randoms... No symbolism originally intended, because I love them ...But there could be today in Victoria, as I wait for the 1:00pm presser...— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 2, 2020
Now the presser is at 2:00pm today...This is looking very very bad...🔒 Update: We've identified the issue and are working on it. Some of our Domain Name Servers (DNS) used to route your traffic online are experiencing a cyber attack, known as a Denial of Service (DoS). Your info isn't at risk. We're doing all we can to get you back online.— Telstra (@Telstra) August 2, 2020
*Finally - about 2:30pm...
STAGE 4 it is...
State of Emergency has now been upgraded
to State of Disaster...
...and Dan is in a suit on the weekends...
#BREAKING: Victoria has recorded 671 new cases of coronavirus overnight, another seven people have died. A night-time curfew will be implemented across Melbourne from 8pm-5am from tonight.— ABC Melbourne (@abcmelbourne) August 2, 2020
If you think the curfew times are weird - Not so weird...when it is those times when friends gather...
later hours on a Friday or Saturday night...
The curfew halts the chance of such gatherings...
BREAKING:— Michael Rowland (@mjrowland68) August 2, 2020
Night time curfew will be implemented across Melbourne from 8pm-5am from tonight.
Melbourne residents will only be allowed to shop and exercise within 5km of their home.
All students across the state will return to home based learning. Childcare will be closed.
State of disaster for six weeks in Melbourne from 6pm:— Tom Minear (@tminear) August 2, 2020
- 8pm-5am daily curfew
- Can only be within 5km of home
- Only one person per household allowed to do the shopping
- Maximum 1hr/day for exercise
- Business restrictions coming tomorrow@theheraldsun #auspol #springst https://t.co/rnoy8V8Uza
I was thinking of doing just the same...Can't seem to stop scrolling Tweets after Dan's announcement ... I'm mesmerised...— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 2, 2020
I was hoping stage 4 restrictions would include a clamp down on zoom calls.— 𝙳𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚎𝚕 𝙹𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜 (@MrDTJames) August 2, 2020
Love the extra comments drifting in now...Stage 4 is a larger size than stage 3 track pants I assume ?— AssocProf Gemma Carey (@gemcarey) August 2, 2020
Also very big pockets so you can do phone keys hand sanitiser on your approved walk!— Jen @ 🏠 (@juniperlilacs) August 2, 2020
UPDATE: It's now 8:30pm... And for the first time today, I can't hear the freeway...
Perhaps the curfew of 8:00pm is being observed...
due to stage 4 restrictions, the sydney/melbourne rivalry is suspended.— radical lisa loebotomy (@NforNihilism) August 2, 2020
SYDNEY now rivals OSAKA
MELBOURNE now rivals INVERCARGILL
please update your sledges accordingly
Thinking in Victoria, when we see the August full moon, from this day forth it will be known as the #curfewmoon pic.twitter.com/7fiFe0DWlx— MelbourneSkies (@MelbourneSkies) August 2, 2020
from hubcaps...
Quirky feature at the front of a home in the Dromana Hills... This sculpture is made from recycled car hub caps... pic.twitter.com/3NJzqnuRb5
— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 2, 2020
purple decor...
Just found this image of one of my quirky bits of decor round the home... Adore the colours... She has survived since 2009... pic.twitter.com/DtjJzbgRZT— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 2, 2020
home and palms...
From yesterday's wander, who would believe that this is a Dromana home? But then again, Dromana seems to draw together many homestyles- old+new, national+international as well as the custom variety...Still, there are not many homes with palms+old Dromana Memorial Hall has one... pic.twitter.com/vTUvEPFQvu— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 1, 2020
*This is how the home used to look - 29.4.2012
The old Shire Offices on Nepean Highway Dromana have a few old palms...
The Dromana and District Historical Society is based here...
Other groups that use this facility are: Rotary Club of Dromana, Port Phillip 4WD Club, U3A Southern Peninsula, Dromana Potters Group, Country Women’s Association and many others.
stockpiling...
I always admired the creative spirit of this lady...PASSING THOUGHT: Sad to watch an online U.S. friend so busy stockpiling her own brand of material happiness that she ignores the needs of others. She just flaunts her latest purchases. Yes, she's creative, but surely we should be sensitive to these strange times and do our part.— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 1, 2020
Amazing attention to surviving and creating her own brand of paradise...
I thought she was a role model of how to generate your own happiness...
How to live by your wits...
But now that image has soured...
Her life is all about collecting and selling old furniture and bric-a-bac...
She collects the tropical for her Florida paradise...
And openly mocks all there is about the pandemic...
(Notably, she never asks about others...at least, not online...
It's all about 'self'...
Admittedly, I saw this trait emerging before the pandemic...
But now it is stronger than ever...)
Her life goes on as per usual...
Her postings are parades of the latest acquisition
or the latest adjustment to her shop...
I understand, perhaps she may be standing strong
in the face of the current crisis...
but her strength is weighted with
a mockery of what is happening in the world...
a mockery verging on a complete denial...
I am shocked...
Horrified
Disappointed
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