Author Archive | Michele

World 77.6 million    Morocco 410K+         Switzerland 410K+ Victorian authorities have announced there has been a new case in our state. The individual was in Sydney and has returned to Victoria. This is our first local case in 53 days. The young teenager is isolating at home. I hope the government is on top of […]

World 77.1 million    Russia 2.8 million     Canada 500K+           A Brisbane company has developed a swift COVID-19 test that can be used at home. It has been approved for use in the US. Test results can be delivered in just 20 minutes. The test is said to be 96 per cent accurate. In Europe, […]

World 76.6 million    US 18 million Turkey 2 million      UK 2 million 30 more people in Sydney have tested positive in the past 24 hours. The Victorian Government is closing the NSW border to Sydney residents and those on the Central NSW Coast tonight with tougher restrictions also announced in Sydney.   We have good […]

World 75.9 million    India 10 million        Brazil 7 million Neil arrived home from Adelaide yesterday afternoon. It’s good to have him home again. Molly was overjoyed to see him, jumping about with her tail wagging franticly. We went out for breakfast this morning which was lovely. There are a few things to attend to in […]

World 75.2 million    Slovenia 100K+         Lithuania 100K+ Slovenia and Lithuania have now each recorded over 100,000 cases of coronavirus, taking the number of countries to reach that number of infections to 73. Australia is now ranked 99th, with just over 28,000 people having had the virus. The situation in Sydney is very concerning with 27 […]

World 74.5 million    Netherlands 630K+  Romania 570K+ Tighter quarantine rules are being flagged for international flight crews after a van driver who transports flight crews in Sydney, tested positive. News reports state that he attended a soccer match while infectious. A staff member at a Sydney retirement village is among two new infections reported today. […]

World 73.8 million    US 17 million     California 1.6 million      Texas 1.5 million More Republicans are deserting the Trumpet after the Electoral College confirmed the election win for incoming President Joe Biden. Biden will finally be sworn in on 20 January. Lump has pretty much exhausted all of his spurious legal challenges, but his supporters still […]

World 73.1 million    Turkey 1.8 million    Spain 1.7 million New Years’ Eve fireworks have been cancelled in many parts of the world, including here in Melbourne. Personally, I think it’s long overdue. All they do is pollute the air with smoke. Every city around the world sets off fireworks at New Year which creates huge […]

World 72.6 million    Peru 980K+    South Africa 860K+ Yesterday I played golf at Werribee in a ‘mixed pairs’ event. I enjoy playing there. It’s a beautiful course and the fairways are wider than my regular club which makes it a bit easier to avoid trees. Yesterday however it was very hot. I started off playing […]

World 72 million          Ukraine 880K+      Bosnia & Herzegovina 100K+ Post-COVID we will see some significant and long overdue changes to address climate change, at least here in our state. A report released by Infrastructure Victoria this week has outlined a 30-year plan that focuses on sustainability and waste reduction. Some of the recommendations in the […]