Blog Day 29: Tuesday 21 April 2020

Drove to Woolies today for my main weekly shop.  Whilst I was there I decided to walk the length of the Bentleigh strip shopping centre for both my daily exercise and to have a look at what was happening in the area. (3,500 steps for those that may be interested)

Not many people around in Centre Road, the butchers, bakers, newsagents, banks and greengrocers were open but pretty much all the other retail shops were closed.  Some of the coffee shops and cafes were open with people waiting outside for their takeaway coffee.  People seemed to be observing the distancing rules.

Woolies was very quiet with most items back in stock, the only shortages appeared to be hand sanitiser and some varieties of frozen vegies.  The bottle shop was well stocked and able to cater to my modest needs.

The news has come out that Virgin has appointed Deloittes as administrators.  I wonder how that will play out in both the short and long term.  I agree with the government's decision not to provide any support, it would have been throwing good money away with very little chance of any long term benefit.

So that's about it for today, more to come tomorrow.

Current Virus Stats Day 106

Vic: 1,336 infected (+7 from previous day) - 15 deaths (increase 0)
Aus: 6,641 infected (+22 from previous day) - 73 deaths (increase 0)
Recovered: 4,124
World: 2,473,209

Comments

  1. Jo21 April 2020 at 19:47

    I went into the city to the chiropractor and clear out the mail at the office. Very quiet on the tram and around town. Kinda like a Sunday but with tradies instead of tourists! Was busier at my cafe when I got back for a coffee.

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    1. Graeme22 April 2020 at 12:36

      It must be strange for the CBD to be like that on a weekday.

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    2. Jo22 April 2020 at 17:55

      Very weird. And an army of high vis wearing spray-disinfectant carrying works spraying EVERYTHING nailed down poles/posts/benches/bike racks etc.

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    3. Graeme23 April 2020 at 12:24

      Wouldn't want to stand still for too long, might end up with a spray and a wipe down.

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