Less than 5 Black shoes I wear inside and for going out Gum boots for outside year round - we have lots of snakes Runners for going on walks A new pair of black shoes In a box for when my current ones wear out

so apparently the goal of the Australian government is to keep growth factor below 1. it is today at 0.89 restrictions will ease if the growth stays below 1, but will tighten up again if it goes up again. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-30/does-herd-immunity-stop-coronavirus-and-what-happens-without-it/12200326 I wish they would just go for the eliminate

Aus boarders are completely closed. Only returning Aussies are allowed in. Then they have to spend 14 days locked in hotel rooms with police and army guarding the hotels

I cannot remember which thread you were asking for info on spread/ risk in schools the Vic premier said this today The premier noted there have been seven coronavirus cases in Victoria traced back to schools, and the science on whether or not to keep children away from classrooms to tackle COVID-19 is "not settled". "We can guess, or we can have an abundance of caution and I'm happy to be criticised for being cautious in this. I know what's at stake." https://www.9news.com.au/national/vic-test-blitz-to-decide-easing-of-rules/b8abf947-4ea1-4b82-85aa-b257fa88cd91 Hope it is helpful

Yes I don't get the wedding thing either. Why not make it 10 like funerals. that way at least the parents could attend even if no siblings could go.

they are thinking there is connection with the increase of children with the inflammatory symptoms and coronavirus. maybe it is how it presents in children here is another link https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-28/kawasaki-disease-children-with-coronavirus-covid-19/12193456

Here in Vic it is still only gathering of 2

sorry for your loss funerals are hard atm. Here there can only be 10 people which means that often even immediate family cannot all attend the funeral service

the majority of the cases in Aus I believe caught it overseas and came back to Australia with it https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/covid-19-cases-acquired-overseas-by-region-or-country-acquired https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/datablog/ng-interactive/2020/apr/24/coronavirus-australia-numbers-how-many-new-cases-today-maps-deaths-death-toll-covid-19-stats-statistics-graph-map-by-postcode

planted out the main crop brown onions today. we are meant to get some rain next week which will be terrific

Thank you. I have 2 children going through similar right now. Life is hard for many right now. I especially feel for the late teen - early 20s.

Yes it doesn’t like dry

hugs

yes I read 2 news articles just yesterday saying that AUS may get elimination by fluke because it wasn't the intention of the government . 😀

It was a big job netting it all.

The veggie garden

In the Polly tunnel I have cherry tomatoes and capsicum that I shifted out of the veggie garden in tubs, I have dwarf green beans, lots of rows at differing ages, some lettuce seedlings and will shortly plant some zucchini

Hope this works, photo of inside of Polly tunnel. We usually only use it for germinating seeds as we don’t have enough water to keep it up, but with the current world situation we are going to use it for the winter at least.

those seedlings look great

Here it is mid autumn. I am in a rush to get all the winter veggies into the ground before it cools down and growing slows. I can grow all year round, but get frosts in the winter so need to have frost hardy things over winter

How is your veggie garden going? I thought it might be fun to post some pictures of veggie gardens. I will try and take one of mine tomorrow ( as it is night here at the moment) . I would love to see pictures of others veggie gardens 🙂

Huge hugs I hear you Hugs

All schools have a union rep, even tiny country schools. It is probably the most unionised thing in the country after ship unloading ( which my phone won't let me write the correct word, but keeps changing to wolf)

Are you in the union? They would probably be able to give you advice. Not that I have ever been in the union, but have been in situations where it would have made life much easier

Not the first time I have seen it on this forum. always used in a justification and trying to fudge figures type of way to make out that USA isn’t doing as poorly as it is.