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2020-04-25Queuing for essential hardware
Australians are permitted to leave home to shop for food and essentials. -
2020-04-24Street as playground
With social distancing in place and stay-at-home rules, kids are playing more in the street right outside their own properties. -
2020-04-24Have a Nice Walk
The kids are taking over the footpaths with chalk messages -
2020-04-24ANZAC Day chalk message
Another example of vernacular response at a local neighbourhood level for ANZAC Day -
2020-04-24ANZAC Day 2020
With public ceremonies for the annual ANZAC Day commemoration cancelled, there is more vernacular response at a local neighbourhood level. -
2020-04-17Looking after office pot plants
Staff have vacated offices in the Law School at the University of Melbourne but pot plants from all floors are being looked after in the lobby -
2020-04-17Chalk footpath message
Easter chalk message on neighbourhood footpath -
2020-04-17Deserted University campus
The University of Melbourne campus has a deserted feel due to access restrictions -
04/17/2020Access signage on University of Melbourne campus
Access restrictions to the Law Building at the University of Melbourne -
2020-04-17University access restrictions
Access to the University of Melbourne Parkville campus has been restricted for some weeks now -
2020-04-09Neighbourhood herb handouts
Neighbours have started up a practice of leaving spare herbs outside their gates for anyone to share -
2020-04-08Local Italian cafe restyled as grocer
Local cafes can only serve takeaway so our local Italian cafe Tre Fontane is reinventing itself as an Italian grocer to stay in business -
2020-04-06Free delivery
Suburban restaurant Vasko (111-113 Upper Heidelberg Road, Ivanhoe) offering free delivery -
2020-03-22"Catch a Carp" postponed
Postponement of Fishcare event to remove introduced carp from local river system -
2020-04-06Letterbox art #2: Easter message
Easter message in letterbox art -
2020-04-06Chalk messages on footpaths
Chalked messages and pictures of hope -
2020-04-06Kids respond to playground closure
All the local playgrounds closed at the end of March and now the kids have decorated the Council tape — Rossi Reserve in Ford Street, Ivanhoe. -
2020-04-03Letterbox art #1
Message to passers-by in suburban letterbox: "And as the earth slowed for a moment in time the trees, rivers, animals and even the humans took a deep breath …". -
2020-04-01Take-away only
Cafes and restaurants like Cafe Georgia in Ivanhoe now take-away only -
1 April 2020Business closure
Many shops on Upper Heidelberg Road in Ivanhoe now closed for business. There was some controversy when government allowed hairdressing appointments of 30 minutes when other businesses were already being asked to reduce their services and social distancing was already de rigueur. -
2020-04-01Free herbs
The things you see out on a neighbourhood walk — kids finding ways to be helpful. -
2020-03-31Playground closed
All the local playgrounds closed from today. This one is Rossi Reserve in Ford Street, Ivanhoe. -
2020-03-31Rosemary for remembrance (and roast lamb)
Neighbourhood in virtual lockdown but some people leaving out excess for others, corner of 14 Waterdale Road and Latham Street. -
2020-03-31New park rules appeared today
We are going for a walk every day for exercise, noting as the days go by new signs and information about social distancing. These signs were not there yesterday, and the teenagers playing basketball at the hoop and the kids playing on the playground have now disappeared. Just groups of two, or families with a few more, walking slightly furtively past one another. And many more bicyclists whizzing past on the shared paths — have already seen a bingle or two. -
2020-03-30Signs on bank window re social distancing: 1 person per 4 square metres rule
Public health warning signs about social distancing in Bank of Melbourne window, 162 Upper Heidelberg Road, Ivanhoe, Melbourne. -
03/30/2020Empty street
Shot from intersection of Seddon Street and Upper Heidelberg Road, Ivanhoe take 6:30pm Monday when street would normally be packed with peak hour traffic. -
18 March 2020Trolley wipes
We can wipe our trollies, but no toilet paper. -
2020-03-28The social distancing line
The Australian Government has recommended social distancing of at least 1.5 metres. This pharmacist has taped a line on the ground in front of their counters — it makes trying to reach forward to pay for goods a bit like a fairground game of "tap the card reader with your bankcard".