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  1. Is this the end of Melbourne's COVID lockdowns? - 2021 October 22

    Lockdown is lifting in Melbourne and this might be the last COVID lockdown.


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  2. Australian open tennis 2021 - 2021 June 10

    The Australian Open Tennis tournament offered a number of interesting insights into life in 2021 and I've finally got around to writing about it during the French Open.


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  3. Australia desperately needs to start learning from others about covid - 2020 December 09

    Australia's response to Covid lately has been incredibly depressing since there just seems to be this completely inability for people to actually learn without having to face painful consequences first.


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  4. Canned audience sounds during the pandemic - 2020 September 25

    During 2020 we have seen a lot of sporting events with no audience, and one of hte most bizarre things was events with canned audience noises that drew attention to the fact there was no audience. The peak bizarreness might have been at the 2020 World Snooker Championship where the canned applause sounded completely fake.


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  5. Could we see geographical divergence in Australian culture? - 2020 August 12

    With the most recent Stage 4 (currently the most severe level) lock downs in Melbourne set to keep going on for a while with entire states like Western Australia mostly operating as usual will we see some cultural divergence as a result?


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  6. Air quality - 2020 May 03

    The air quality in Melbourne is noticeably better at the moment.


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