Blog Day 205 - 17 October 2020

I walked into a bar the other day (if only) and said to the publican "I hate my car keys" and she said "why do you hate your car keys"? and I said "because they are always trying to start something"!

During my round up of significant sporting events yesterday I forgot to mention the Bathurst 1000 motor car race.  Although it is traditionally held in Bathurst in NSW (hence the name) it was always a big event on the local sporting calendar in that it was always a good excuse for another barbie.  Imagine, back in the good old days, going to a mate's place and watching car racing for 8 or 10 hours having a few shandies, because it always seemed like a hot day, and then jumping in your car and driving home.  

This year's Bathurst is being held tomorrow and the forecast is for heavy rain which should make for an interesting race.  Of course with the virus restrictions there is no crowd there so none of the traditional crowd camped on the mountain.  This race has lost a lot of it's allure since the glory days of the Ford, Holden competition and drivers of the like of Brockkie and Moffatt.  

Richmond won it's preliminary final in the AFL last night by 6 points in a bit of a nail biter finish.  They will play the winner of tonight's game between Brisbane and Geelong at next week's grand final.  For those of you living in isolation next week's grand final will be played at the GABBA in Brisbane, the first time ever it will be played out of Melbourne.

Now, pop this in your "give an inch take a mile" file.  The first flights arrived in Sydney from New Zealand yesterday under the new "bubble" arrangements.  Under these arrangements New Zealanders can travel to limited parts of Australia without undergoing 14 days quarantine on arrival.  Victoria is not one of those states that they can travel to.  Yesterday after arriving in Sydney 17 travellers from NZ promptly, somehow, got themselves on a flight to Melbourne and as there was nobody at the airport with the authority to detain them they immediately debunked. And a bit like Banjo's Clancy "we don't know where they are".  Once again nobody seems to be taking any responsibility for this cock up as can be seen in this quote from today's Age newspaper.

Border Force refused to comment on the matter, directing The Age and Sydney Morning Herald to state authorities.

Spokeswomen for the Victorian government directed any queries about the matter to the DHHS.

A spokeswoman for Melbourne Airport said it had also been unable to reach the Victorian DHHS to understand the situation and were therefore unable to comment.

A Victoria Police spokesperson declined to comment, stating the force had no jurisdiction over travellers at the airport.

The NSW government, the federal government and Sydney Airport have been contacted for comment

Despite ourselves we had  a couple of good days with the figures.  In the last 24 hours Victoria reported 1 new infection and no deaths, in the previous 24 hours we had 2 new infections and also no deaths.  Victoria currently has 13 people in hospital due to the virus and none in ICU.

The rolling 14 day average;

16/10: Metropolitan 8.7, Regional .6, Total 9.3

17/10: Metropolitan 8.5, Regional .6, Total 9.3

Unfortunately the international figures show no indication of any decline with more than 6,600 deaths in the previous 24 hours.

Corona Virus Daily Stats – Stage 4 Lockdown – 2^nd Step Restrictions – Day 20

Date	Aus Infected	Aus Increase	Vic Infected	Vic Increase	Aus Death	Vic Death	Aus Hospl	Vic Hospital	Aus ICU	Vic ICU
27/09	27,033	17	20,145	16	872	784	68	51	12	9
28/09	27,045	5	20,150	5	875	787	65	49	12	8
29/09	27,056	12	20,159	10	882	794	63	46	11	5
30/09	27,076	20	20,171	13	886	798	60	44	8	6
01/10	27,096	18	20,183	15	888	800	55	38	9	6
02/10	27,110	13	20,190	7	890	802	50	38	9	4
03/10	27,122	9	20,199	8	893	805	50	34	9	4
04/10	27,133	11	20209	12	894	806	49	34	9	4
05/10	27,144	10	20,206	9	894	806	49	30	9	3
06/10	27,163	15	20,234	15	895	807	46	21	6	1
07/10	27,183	9	20,239	6	924	809	37	16	5	2
08/10	27,204	23	20,247	11	897	809	32	17	6	1
09/10	27,227	21	20,258	11	897	809	31	17	3	1
10/10	27,244	17	20,271	14	897	809	31	21	3	1
11/10	27,261	17	20,281	12	898	810	31	21	3	0
12/10	27,279	18	20,296	15	898	810	31	21	1	0
13/10	27,298	19	20,307	12	899	811	32	22	1	0
14/10	27,338	20	20,312	7	904	816	32	23	1	0
15/10	27,358	18	20,316	6	904	816	28	21	1	0
16/10	27,371	9	20,317	2	904	816	27	14	1	0

Date	World Infection	Daily Increase	World Deaths	Daily Increase
27/09	33,053,144	294,804	998,716	5,303
28/09	33,303,226	250,082	1,002,385	3,669
29/09	33,541,701	238,475	1,006,072	3,687
30/09	33,843,973	302,272	1,012,657	6,585
01/10	34,147,215	303,242	1,018,209	5,552
02/10	34,471,182	323,967	1,027,525	9,316
03/10	34,824,101	352,919	1,033,195	5,670
04/10	35,122,298	298,197	1,037,524	4,329
05/10	35,388,157	265,859	1,041,537	4,013
06/10	35,695,406	307,249	1,045,892	4,355
07/10	36,037,992	342,596	1,054,514	8,622
08/10	36,380,841	342,849	1,059,972	5,458
09/10	36,738,690	357,849	1,066,412	6,440
10/10	37,099,134	360,444	1,072,605	6,193
11/10	37,451,466	352,332	1,077,226	4,621
12/10	37,736,119	284,653	1,081,246	4,020
13/10	38,028,926	292,807	1,085,091	3,845
14/10	38,344,245	315,319	1,090,121	5,030
15/10	38,721,606	377,361	1,096,156	6,035
16/10	39,151,144	429,538	1,102,418	6,262
17/10	39,573,043	421,899	1,109,070	6,652

And now the stage 4 lockdown 2nd step restrictions remembers.

Remember: if you are doing anything wrong don't get caught, it could cost you $5,000!; you gotta wear a face mask no more face shields - thems the rules; somebody somewhere is testing your poo!; do not under any circumstances annoy a Cassowary; if you need a boost to your morale watch Zulu; keep to your 5km zone and if that doesn't include a beach don't go to the beach; try not to commit perjury (allegedly); to vote if you don't want a fine, show true grit, tell your children not to get involved in politics, it might be time to get excited over the idea of the a shop bought coffee, if you are going to a Bathurst day barbie don't drink and drive.