Regional borders opening

Next week, we will be allowed to drive to the south coast if we wish. But the weather is cooling down and people really want to go north to follow the sun. This is not an option as the government wishes to protect vulnerable remote aboriginal communities.  Our next door neighbour is a Qantas pilot on reduced hours. She told me that the only work she had was flying FIFO workers to the mine sites up north. I told her when all the regional borders opened, we would be on a flight to Broome!

W.A. has now only 7 active cases in the state and the last person in ICU has just recovered. Today I ventured out to a supermarket for the first time and JL paid a quick visit to Bunnings. Both places were relatively quiet and it was easy to keep our distances. Now, I really really want to get my hair cut!

My afternoon walk in the sun was pretty nice as usual:

Every day JL has been plotting the curve of the virus. He loves numbers and graphs, so he was at pains to improve on those published in the press: