This week Melbourne came out of their 6th Lockdown. This last lockdown was going to be a snap 7 day lockdown which ended up being 77 days. Gosh they have done it tough. My MIL said she has not had the family around since April and also does click and collect groceries with just popping into Aldi for 5 mins to pick her own fruit and veggies really early when no one is there. I can't imagine it to be honest and I'm very happy that restrictions have now eased for them.
Queensland on the other hand has had a really normal lifestyle and I'm very nervous about the borders opening and everyone heading North. I agree we can't keep the borders closed forever however the statement is "Delta is coming to Queensland" is a scary thought. Myself, my kids and all my family are all double vaccinated so we are protected however I still don't want to get Covid no matter what. If Queensland is 70% double vaccinated we will open the borders on the 17th December, 2021 which is great for everyone for Christmas but also equally scary if any of my family catch Covid for Christmas. It certainly has been a very trying 2 years for many people all around the world.
It's 9 weeks until Christmas and 10 weeks until 2021 is over. I still remember leading up to New Year's Eve 2000 it seems like yesterday however there goes a quick 21 years. I was working for an IT company and with Y2K approaching we were as busy as ever for the 2 years leading up to 2000. My family and I were in Pottsville in NSW for NYE which was one hour ahead of Queensland so if anything happened we could ring our Brisbane friends. My Mum bought all this 2000 memorabilia like plastic champagne glasses, funny glasses and the like. As you get older the time goes much quicker.
Anyway onto brighter pretty pictures of the lovely Jacaranda trees that are in flower in Brisbane.
The tree is lovely...I've never seen that before, but maybe it's something that doesn't grow here the the states, or at least where I am. My husband is in IT...and I remember the worries of Y2K. They stayed up all night working and waiting to see what might happen! Glad you could attend Senior Awards...do they graduate at year's end there? Our school year runs August - May, but it's going too fast. Last night was the last football game, my son plays in the band, and it was bittersweet. Time flies... Mary
ReplyDeleteYes our school year is the calendar year so it's 40 weeks of school broken up into 10 week terms starting around the 27th January and finishing first week of December however the Seniors [Grade 10, 11 and 12] finish in November. The Grade 12's finish 19th November and all Australian Grade 12's start 3 weeks of exams tomorrow. Have a great week.
DeleteWhat a stunning tree! My thoughts are with you in the opening of your borders. I'm sure it's quite stressful waiting to see what happens. Now that the cold weather is here our activities move indoors and I have no idea what to expect with that as we do not have mask requirements in place in the state or country. I agree with you that even though we are double vaccinated, we know we can still contract covid and certainly don't want to get it. Happy to hear you were able to go to the school for the awards. I'm sure it helped make it more special for your kids. Hugs to you!
ReplyDeleteThanks Staci great that I got to the Awards Night. We have been in masks since mid June when the Sydney, New South Wales outbreak started and whilst it has protected us even though we don't have Covid I'm a bit over the masks now.
DeleteAren't the jacarandas beautiful!! I love their purple blooms too.
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I know they are stunning, everywhere you look...hello Exam time...
DeleteKathy the opening of the borders is scary even for the fully vaxed.I am not looking forward to it at all.
ReplyDeleteYes it's a real worry.
DeleteLove Jacaranda trees, they are so pretty and you have captured them so well.
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Thanks Tania
DeleteOhmigosh, I love jacarandas, and you got some lovely photos!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much.
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