As Melbourne entered a strict lockdown of nightly curfews, mandatory masks, and bans on social gatherings, the ABC began documenting life during this once-in-a-century event in the words of those living through it.
He did get a job though, which is good. Um, yeah. So he works two days a week.
After this is all over, I don't think that the world is ever really going to go back to the way that it was.And I don't know how to prepare my son well enough to face the change well, because it's not going to be like the world that I grew up in.Jorge De Araujo, a photographer, fears his usual clients might not be there when restrictions ease.
Scapegoating is a really fascinating psychological process. It seems to be, for some people, an automatic response. It has been really comforting to see that cases are going down and feeling that there is hopefully a bit of light at the end of the tunnel. There is a certainty in the fact that — all going well — this baby will arrive in March, and we actually have a timeline to work towards.Katie De Araujo, 45, yoga teacher, mother of three, MaidstoneWe've only got maybe a week and a half left, something like that, so we're quite far in.
River walks and parks that we've really enjoyed within the five-kilometre distance from home, and that's a great thing.Natasha couldn't leave the house to celebrate her 21st birthday.And my mum got me a key to the city, which I can't use because we are still in stage four lockdown.First of all, when we come out of this, I hope that there is a much bigger sense of community.
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