Following Burnley

[blueheeler1]

Lovely sentiments blueheeler1. What's it like in Oz at present?

I live in Western Australia which is the remotest state in the world!

We only have around 2 million people in Perth but its very quite now.

Not in lock-down but you are advised not to leave your house except in an emergency or going shopping for food and can't even travel to other WA regions without a genuine reason!

State borders are closed and manned by the police and army.

Obviously no interstate travel either.

No international travel as Australia has banned entrance from abroad.

As our Premier said "we are now and island within an island".

We have few reports of infections (last count 453) and around 4 deaths.

Most virus problems were people coming back from abroad arriving infected.

Cruise ships are causing cases to rise but all in all it looks favorable compared to world news.

Our professional football clubs (the "A" league) are mainly in the hands of Private Investors.

There are in serious financial difficulties and several clubs have already terminated players contracts.

Most people are in their houses and little traffic on the road.

There is the obligatory ban on gatherings but now only two people are allowed to socialise providing they keep their 2 meter distance from each other (the exception is families).

Huge Government payments for the millions now out of work although I have yet to see any.

The logistics of these big Government payments make me realise that this problem wont be over any time soon.

So, Perth is just a microcosm of the world we are now in.