Coronavirus

[bondi.boy]

Oh that is just disgraceful. Just keep it in the cupboard and be grateful you had the means to buy it in the first place or donate it to a shelter. It will hardly expire. I was talking to my uncle recently about the hoarding of pasta and flour as the family were trying to make Dad's hot cross buns on Good Friday as he used to be a baker in the 1960's and he had a very popular family recipe. Luckily my cousin found some the day before and she was able to make them. I didn't understand the pasta hoarding myself as I can't eat it due to an intolerance. I'll bet that is the next item people will try and get refunds on.

I'd be keeping it.
Also I'd be stocking up on other items, legally of course.

http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/corona...&OCID=AVRES000

Think of coronavirus as a test run: Australian military leaders warn we must prepare for worse

[Johnny73]

Coronavirus:
On tv last night Prue MacSween, and Peta Credlin stated that Australia should become greatly less reliant on China for everything it is now.
Prue MacSween said "Wake up Australia".

Today, Miranda Devine writes in the DT:

[I]Wake up Australia, we need to China-proof our economy.

Well there you go.
Maybe Australian 'ordinary' people might have some second thoughts also.

Where was all this concern about Australian 'manufacturing' when Gough Whitlam wanted to 'buy back the farm' in the 1970's?

[horrie hastings]

I had a nice swim at Maroubra Beach this morning. Being born and bred in Bondi it was my first time swimming there. Happy to report I saw quite a few Roosters hats and not a Rabbit in sight.

Went for a walk along the beach and southern headland Monday last week when the council re opened Maroubra Beach for exercise, not a beach i frequent often but i have never seen the water so clear there, like you i saw plenty of Roosters people , one family ahead on the walk, their 3 kids all had Roosters jerseys on and i was wearing my Roosters cap, one jogger who ran past the family then saw me said there is another Rooster lol.
My brother took his son down there Wednesday last week for a swim and also commented about how clear and clean the water was.

[bondi.boy]

Where was all this concern about Australian 'manufacturing' when Gough Whitlam wanted to 'buy back the farm' in the 1970's?

Good question.

Instead all our politicians have done is sell off the 'farm' to China, at express pace.

[Easts75]

Went for a walk along the beach and southern headland Monday last week when the council re opened Maroubra Beach for exercise, not a beach i frequent often but i have never seen the water so clear there, like you i saw plenty of Roosters people , one family ahead on the walk, their 3 kids all had Roosters jerseys on and i was wearing my Roosters cap, one jogger who ran past the family then saw me said there is another Rooster lol.
My brother took his son down there Wednesday last week for a swim and also commented about how clear and clean the water was.

I grew up at Clovelly and literally never went for a surf/swim or anything at Maroubra. It was a shit hole then according to my parents, I am guessing things have changed

[horrie hastings]

I grew up at Clovelly and literally never went for a surf/swim or anything at Maroubra. It was a shit hole then according to my parents, I am guessing things have changed

I actually go for a swim at Mahons Pool just north of Maroubra Beach at bit but have rarely swam at Maroubra Beach, the area itself is still basically as your parents described it, a lot of stuff near the beach front looks like it should be bulldozed and rebuilt , i only went to Maroubra basically for somewhere different to walk the other day. Even when i lived at Kingsford, we would swim at Coogee even though Maroubra was easier for us to get to.

[redwhiteblue]

I grew up at Clovelly and literally never went for a surf/swim or anything at Maroubra. It was a shit hole then according to my parents, I am guessing things have changed

I lived at Clovelly for 4 years and it was one of the happiest times of my life and my family loved coming to visit. Mum was still fit and well back in those days and was able to come along with us to the beach. Had a few Happy Boxing days there. Mind you, that was back in the 90's when it was not as expensive as it is today. I don't ever remember setting foot on Maroubra Beach at all. Coogee or Dolls Point/Sans Souci were our go to beaches as children when I used to come to Sydney for school holidays.

[redwhiteblue]

I'd be keeping it.
Also I'd be stocking up on other items, legally of course.

http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/corona...&OCID=AVRES000

Think of coronavirus as a test run: Australian military leaders warn we must prepare for worse

I think I can get some disinfectant wipes this week for the first time in over a month. Good thing I always keep spare cleaning products anyway.

[Thirteen]

Coogee beach is a dump. Tiny beach no surf. Overcrowded with twat English tourists. (Sorry JT).

[horrie hastings]

Coogee beach is a dump. Tiny beach no surf. Overcrowded with twat English tourists. (Sorry JT).

When i first moved out from my parents back in 1982 the first place i rented was in Coogee, about 3 blocks back from the beach, quite exciting back then but now yes it is a dump over run with back packers.

[horrie hastings]

I lived at Clovelly for 4 years and it was one of the happiest times of my life and my family loved coming to visit. Mum was still fit and well back in those days and was able to come along with us to the beach. Had a few Happy Boxing days there. Mind you, that was back in the 90's when it was not as expensive as it is today. I don't ever remember setting foot on Maroubra Beach at all. Coogee or Dolls Point/Sans Souci were our go to beaches as children when I used to come to Sydney for school holidays.

When we grew up in Paddington, we used to have a friend of my fathers who would take the whole family to Clovelly for a swim, they also had friends who lived in a unit on Clovelly Rd a few blocks back from the beach and they used to join us, we would go for a swim then get ice creams afterwards, they used to be a Streets neapolitan bar which you used to unwrap yourself and put into the squareish shaped cone. This was back in the late 60s and i have fond memories of that time.

[horrie hastings]

Coogee beach is a dump. Tiny beach no surf.

Thats why we used to call it Lake Coogee

[redwhiteblue]

When we grew up in Paddington, we used to have a friend of my fathers who would take the whole family to Clovelly for a swim, they also had friends who lived in a unit on Clovelly Rd a few blocks back from the beach and they used to join us, we would go for a swim then get ice creams afterwards, they used to be a Streets neapolitan bar which you used to unwrap yourself and put into the squareish shaped cone. This was back in the late 60s and i have fond memories of that time.

I just looked up my old loft apartment and it brings back a lot of memories for me. I used to see Mario Fenech all the time as he lived around the corner and Gus used to live down the road and Freddy around the back in later years. Life was so much simpler then. There was no instagram, Facebook, camera phones, oh and now something called Tic Tok for goodness sake... now excuse me whilst I go fetch my abacuse so I can work out my budget for the week...

[rented tracksuit]

I grew up at Clovelly and literally never went for a surf/swim or anything at Maroubra. It was a shit hole then according to my parents, I am guessing things have changed

Nup.

[bondi.boy]

Just in case you missed it:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...igation-stoush

Australia called 'gum stuck to China's shoe' by state media in coronavirus investigation stoush

Australia has been described as “gum stuck to the bottom of China’s shoe,” by a Chinese state media editor as Beijing criticised calls for an inquiry into the coronavirus origin as “political manoeuvring,” further straining ties.

“Australia is always there, making trouble. It is a bit like chewing gum stuck on the sole of China’s shoes. Sometimes you have to find a stone to rub it off,” Hu said.