Drumbeat

Yes, me too. No-one has mentioned Marion Keyes yet, I'm a big fan of her writing

Being a Geordie I love Vera (although some of the fake accents make me cringe), I haven't read the books yet but planning too (as well as Shetland)

It's been a beautiful day

No he wasn't on Jobkeeper, you'd have to be on a pretty low wage to be better off with it.

We are very fortunate compared to other States and countries but I'm sure the hundreds of people who lost their jobs and can't pay their bills do not describe it as 'normal'

I don't consider not being able to travel to to other states for a holiday normal and my husband not working for six months is distinctly abnormal!

Third party Insurance is included in the your car registration, most drivers would have comprehensive insurance.

It should be a moderate amount of healthy fats, not high fat. I struggle to cut out bread and biscuits even though I know it works

She sounds fabulous

Great news that you've arrived I work in the CBD Tues - Fri so if there's anything you need, send me a message and I can arrange to drop it off for you.

Houses are still selling well in the Perth Hills. If our early retirement plans work out we'll potentially be selling 3 properties in the next year (1 is a deceased estate) and buying in Tasmania!

We were hoping to spend our 25th wedding anniversary there but had resigned ourselves to holidaying closer to home . I'm thinking maybe A trip in February now - assuming the WA border is also open then.

Something that I have seen at work

The number of people arriving into WA recently has actually been been well under the 525 limit per week.

Airline Facebook pages are always full of complaints even without a pandemic. I usually use Skytrax to check reviews: https://www.airlinequality.com/airline-reviews/qatar-airways/