We wake to the news that COVID case numbers are skyrocketing in Melbourne, and the consensus seems to be that a five day "circuit breaker lockdown" is not going to be nearly enough to hit this outbreak on the head. The situation is even worse in Sydney, and the authorities there are now implementing progressively harsher lockdowns in that fine city. We do our regular nervous scan of the Melbourne exposure site list; it seems our luck is holding for now at least. Our apartment is in the inner city suburb of Parap, and the renowned Saturday morning Parap Markets are happening right across the road. If crowd numbers are anything to go by they're very popular. There's the usual offering of every conceivable form of handicraft and food, with a bit of live music thrown
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