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  2020-03

  Working from home

  Home office. Since 16th March we were asked to work from home and were given necessary hardware from the office to set up our stations at home.
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  2020-04-09

  Neighbourhood herb handouts

  Neighbours have started up a practice of leaving spare herbs outside their gates for anyone to share
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  2020-04-08

  Ballarat COVID-19 Report Number One

  Personal observation of lockdown in a regional Australian city
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  2020-04-03

  Video of 20 seconds of the ‘Play School’ COVID-19 special.

  Play School screened a special on COVID-19 that explained the situation to kids. This clip is from the start of the half hour program. The program included explanations of how germs are spread and a song about washing your hands.
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  2020-04-06

  COVID19 home office/kinder afternoon

  Working from home with a child.
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  2020-04-06

  Another day at the COVID19 home/office/kindergarten

  Our life at the moment in the home office cum kindergarten. From morning and some semblance of tidiness, to increasing clutter as the day progresses.
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  2020-04-01

  Free herbs

  The things you see out on a neighbourhood walk — kids finding ways to be helpful.
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  2020-03-31

  Playground closed

  All the local playgrounds closed from today. This one is Rossi Reserve in Ford Street, Ivanhoe.
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  2020-03-31

  Rosemary 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.
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  2020-03-30

  Relocating to home office. 50 Lonsdale St. 30/03/20

  Staff are encouraged to work from home and are scrambling to get what they need to do that - for some unknown period of time. This woman has gathered her work needs and is sitting on her office chair waiting for transport to take it all home.
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  2020-03-26

  Interview about the project

  Radio interview by host Jacinta Parsons with Professor Andy May from the University of Melbourne about 'A Journal of the Plague Year' project.
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  2020-03-26

  COVID-19 and the Biggest Uprooting of my Life

  At this moment my partner and I are packing up our lives because of the COVID 19 pandemic. I think if we weren't both students we would feel a bit less anxious, but now with no work and no income to support ourselves, it's time to minimise and Marie Kondo this tiny unit and move an hour and a half away from our lives here in the South-East suburbs. While I am grateful to be moving away from what could become a more dangerous place to live, I'm remorseful and not really ready to leave my first house. It's quaint and while we are staying at home the garden is enclosed and peaceful. Here's hoping the spread will be slow enough so that we can move before we have issues getting food. Hopefully it doesn't get as bad here as it has in other countries.
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  03/24/2020

  Alexander Oral History, 2020/03/24

  Alexander describes how his life has changed in the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic lockdown. Some of his challenges include teleworking for a new job, watching over his kids now that they can’t go to school, and coping with shortages of necessities and lack of normal entertainment such as sports. He talks about how he thinks it is a good thing that his kids are not at school, as primary schools are known to be germ spreaders. Alexander conveys his hopes that the lockdown will end soon and normal life will be able to continue.
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  2020-03-25

  Noisy neighbours

  We were out for a walk and heard a housebound resident in a local apartment banging out on the drums — more people confined to home might suggest taking up a quieter musical instrument! Neighbourly protocols might be tested.
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  2020-03-25

  Our family home schooling schedule.

  My son's school closed on Monday. He is a high energy kid and copes better when he knows what the day holds. So I devised a schedule for us where he can continue to learn whilst school is closed. We are finding that having a schedule is really helping with our daily life. It is meant to be flexible and serves more of a touchstone for when things get difficult throughout the day. Many people are saying that time in isolation is a great opportunity to learn an instrument or language, master a hobby or really relax - but those of us with children don't have that luxury.
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  2020-03-24

  My new coworker is a bit of a bitch.

  The challenges of working from home.
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  2020-03-24

  Confessions of a COVID19 Survivor

  Humorous recount
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  2020-03-21

  Diary LM

  CV diary Saturday 19 March 2020 I went to the walk today. Have missed the last two and the world has changed so much that I wasn't sure anyone was coming. But there were 5 of us, all keeping our distance. Three did not come because they are self isolating or fearful of having coffee with us ?? A lot of the discussion as we walked about the past two weeks - the virus , restrictions, shopping, toilet rolls, family situations, what is going to happen... G has just come out of two weeks isolation after her holiday in Egypt. D is under pressure from her daughter to change her life - e.g. Not to walk this morning. But she came. We all need the exercise and I/we need to see my friends. When we got to the coffee shop we were able to snag two tables outside. But that wasn't enough for M who moved her seat even further away. Each to their own. But hard not to feel the inherent rejection. G shared her hand sanitizer. During the walk I got a phone call from a friend, cancelling our plans for a film tomorrow. She was amazed that I was outside walking with friends and had stopped for a coffee. Said she and her husband have been in isolation since last Sunday. Cautioned me to do the same. When I got home I thought about my plans. I will go to church tomorrow (it was confirmed late today that the Diocese has belatedly decided to ban all services from Monday). Should I go to the gym on Monday? They seemed well organised last week. Should I cancel my lunch with Susan on Tuesday? Have not seen her since her mother died, I could not go to the funeral or the wake. And she seems quite distressed and needs support. On Wednesday I am expected to present at an important Board presentation to Club members. It is being taped and uploaded to our website for those who cannot get to the meeting. Should I cancel everything after that? LM