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Week 19 - The week ends in Western Australia where food and family are to the fore

 Edited BY

G P Kennedy

Simon - Perth, Australia


 Well another week rolls past in Western Australia and we are all safe and well. We are basically COVID-free in this state and so are several others.

 

 The main pandemic talking point is still Victoria, although their number of daily cases and deaths are dropping slightly they are still massive figures compared to the rest of the country. For the last week they have been getting daily cases of between 300-500 and deaths of 10-20. It does seem that the harsh lockdown and mask-wearing measures seem to be slowly working.

 

 We have also had the news that COVID has returned to New Zealand after they were supposedly free of the virus.

 

 This just shows that even if/when you feel you are safe and back to normal that may not be the case.

 

 It’s pretty depressing to be honest because especially when you look at the global picture there just does not seem to be a way out at the moment. A vaccine would seem to be the only solution but that would seem to be next year at best.

 

 With this in mind and no chance of my Dad being over for Christmas and no certainty that my best mate can come over next year we are starting to plan a short holiday this year. We are just about to get a new car that my wife is getting as a Novated Lease through work. This will be able to tow a decent size caravan so we are looking at hiring one for about a week or so at the end of September. The only real choice is do we go North or South?

 

Wondering where to head - north or south?

 South is cooler with forests, vineyards, caves and an abundance of fresh local produce. North is warmer, wildflowers, desert and whales and dolphins to see.

 

 Tough choice I know but I look forward to sitting down with my wife and kids and planning it out. My preference is to head south because its closer and I know what to expect but I think I will get out voted!

 

 I’m working away again next week for 4 days and it will be interesting to see if all of the pandemic precautions are still in place since about six weeks ago when I was last up there. We had to take a blood test before entering the Airport with the results only taking about 5 minutes to return a result.

 

 So, once again, it’s the little things that keep us sane and happy. The weather is great this morning-its mid-Winter and we have sunshine and blue skies with about 19c. We are getting heavy rain later so I’m heading out while I can to walk the dogs and do some cleaning up around the place. Later on I’m going to cook a couple of curries and listen to some loud music while having a beer.

 

Pancake Queen

 Before that though I’ll have to and examine the damage my daughter has done to the kitchen after getting up and deciding she wanted to make pancakes…wish me luck.

 

 Stay safe, stay happy and when in doubt, make a curry.

 

 

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