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My family and I live in a beautiful seaside village named Bonny Hills on the NSW Mid North Coast. Sounds idyllic, well yes it was until Covid-19 hit our community.
I had a contract job working for TAFE in Port Macquarie and had been doing this for the past 8 months. My 10 week contract was meant to be renewed at the end of March. Covid-19 took my job away.
I applied for Job Seeker and was fortunate to get that including the extra $550 Covid payment. It kept our finances afloat, but we ended up dipping into our savings just to pay for the basics.
Ending work gave me plenty of time. I was able to walk/jog/run on the beach everyday with my dog. Friends and acquaintances would stop to chat but we all stayed apart by at least 1.5 meters. It felt weird and life was pretty boring as we just stayed at home, went walking, or went to Woolies to buy food.
I always felt sad when I saw the empty shelves in the toilet paper aisle. It felt like my carefree world had turned sour. All of a sudden people were no longer as friendly and there was a feeling of "me first" in the air.
So now in September we are getting used to the new normal. Visitors descend on our area. We welcome them but at the same time many of us are just a little nervous. There are no Covid-19 cases in our community......yet. There are a lot of older people here and our hospital is not huge.
So life goes on for now. Are we getting a little complacent? I hope not. I look on with great sadness at the draconian measures Melbourne metro people have been subjected to: curfews & lockdown.
I had a contract job working for TAFE in Port Macquarie and had been doing this for the past 8 months. My 10 week contract was meant to be renewed at the end of March. Covid-19 took my job away.
I applied for Job Seeker and was fortunate to get that including the extra $550 Covid payment. It kept our finances afloat, but we ended up dipping into our savings just to pay for the basics.
Ending work gave me plenty of time. I was able to walk/jog/run on the beach everyday with my dog. Friends and acquaintances would stop to chat but we all stayed apart by at least 1.5 meters. It felt weird and life was pretty boring as we just stayed at home, went walking, or went to Woolies to buy food.
I always felt sad when I saw the empty shelves in the toilet paper aisle. It felt like my carefree world had turned sour. All of a sudden people were no longer as friendly and there was a feeling of "me first" in the air.
So now in September we are getting used to the new normal. Visitors descend on our area. We welcome them but at the same time many of us are just a little nervous. There are no Covid-19 cases in our community......yet. There are a lot of older people here and our hospital is not huge.
So life goes on for now. Are we getting a little complacent? I hope not. I look on with great sadness at the draconian measures Melbourne metro people have been subjected to: curfews & lockdown.